different between arrange vs situate

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

Alternative forms

• scituate (hyper?correct, obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin situ?tus, past participle of Medieval Latin situ? (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?s?t?u.e?t/, /?s?tju.e?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?s?t?u.?t/, /?s?tju.?t/
• Hyphenation: sit?u?ate

Verb

situate (third-person singular simple present situates, present participle situating, simple past and past participle situated)

1. (transitive) To place on or into a physical location.

   The statue is situated in a corner hardly visible to the public, except through a window from an outside maintenance area situated behind the building.

2. (transitive) To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle and often used figuratively.

   The mayor is situated between probable censure and possible recall.

Related terms

• site
• situation

Translations

Adjective

situate (comparative more situate, superlative most situate)

1. (now rare) Situated.
   • , II.ii.3:

     Wadley in Berkshire is situate in a vale, though not so fertile a soil as some vales afford […].

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Pleasure situate in hill and dale.

   • 1938, letter from South African Secretary for Native Affairs to N L Henwood[1]:

     […] the farm Kafferskraal No. 62 is not situate within a released area and its acquisition by the South African Native Trust is consequently not contemplated.

2. (heraldry) Situated; located.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• usitate

Italian

Adjective

situate

1. feminine plural of situato

Verb

situate

1. second-person plural present indicative of situare
2. second-person plural imperative of situare
3. feminine plural of situato

Anagrams

• autiste, usitate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /si.tu?a?.te/, [s??t?u?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.tu?a.te/, [sit?u???t??]

Verb

situ?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of situ?