different between arrange vs classify

English

Etymology

From Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), from Old French arengier, arrangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old High German hring, ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). More at ring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?nd?/
• Rhymes: -e?nd?

Verb

arrange (third-person singular simple present arranges, present participle arranging, simple past and past participle arranged)

1. (transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.
3. (music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• arrangement

Translations

French

Verb

arrange

1. first-person singular present indicative of arranger
2. third-person singular present indicative of arranger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
5. second-person singular imperative of arranger

Anagrams

• rangera

English

Etymology

From French classifier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?klæs.?.fa?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?klæs.??fa?/

Verb

classify (third-person singular simple present classifies, present participle classifying, simple past and past participle classified)

1. to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

2. to declare something a secret, especially a government secret

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:classify

Antonyms

• (to declare a secret): declassify

Related terms

• class
• classification

Translations

See also

• arrange
• distribute
• rank

Further reading

• classify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• classify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.