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arrangement
Noun
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Arrangement is the manner of being arranged.
The arrangement of furniture in the office was important for getting things done efficiently.
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An arrangement is a collection of things that have been arranged.
In the vase was a beautiful flower arrangement.
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An arrangement is a plans for some activity.
We made arrangements to meet after work.
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An arrangement is an agreement.
We came to an arrangement about who would wash the dishes.
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An arrangement is an adaptation of a piece of music.
wrote a piano arrangement of an English folk song called "Country Gardens"
by
Preposition
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near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
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at some time before (the given time).
Be back by ten o'clock!
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if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action
The matter was decided by the chairman.
The boat was swamped by the water.
He was protected by his body armour.
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if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare.
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shows how someone does something
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
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using the rules or logic of.
I sorted the items by category.
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with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
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shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs")
We went through the book page by page.
We crawled forward by inches.
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If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math.
Five multiplied by seven is 35.
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If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math.
35 divided by seven is five.
size
Noun
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How big or small a thing is.
These shirts come in four sizes: small, medium, large, and extra large.
size
Verb
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To measure the size of.
They sized him for a new suit. His shoulders measured 25 inches across.