to prearrange
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4.1
- verb
- /ˌpriːəˈreɪndʒ/
:
preorganizar
- Everything down to our entrance was prearranged.
Examples
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Authorities are now convinced that Professor Montel was not kidnapped and that his disappearance was part of a prearranged plan.
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Perhaps this moment had been prearranged between the two women.
Fiction book (1991) -
But my marriage is already prearranged to someone else.
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We're on a prearranged flight program.
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There is no evidence to indicate whether this visit had been prearranged with her or not.
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An arrangement for buying fuel and a prearranged method to set up emergency camps would also be useful.
Academic text (1997) -
Their meeting was prearranged, but for what purpose I couldn't even guess.
Fiction book (1992) -
Many teachers use a prearranged signal or word to notify the students when their behavior is inappropriate.
Academic text (2004) -
When music begins, students move around the area to a prearranged locomotor pattern.
Academic text (1997) -
Before the event, we need to prearrange the seating to ensure everyone has a place.
Synonyms
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1.0
To decide and arrange in advance how to do something
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3.0
To arrange something to happen at a certain time
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3.9
To set something before you need to use it
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5.1
Decide and set something before it is needed
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4.3
To decide what to do before something happens
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5.8
To give people tasks or seats before they are needed
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7.8
Decide or say something before an event starts
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6.3
To make an early plan or drawing before the main work begins
Plan something together in advance
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prearrange combines pre- meaning 'before' and arrange meaning 'to put in order' or 'plan'. So, to prearrange something is to plan or set it up 'before' it is needed, which is why we use it for meetings or travel planned ahead of time.