"orchestrate" meaning in English

See orchestrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɔː(ɹ).kə.stɹeɪt/ [UK], /ˈɔɹ.kəstˌɹeɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-orchestrate.wav Forms: orchestrates [present, singular, third-person], orchestrating [participle, present], orchestrated [participle, past], orchestrated [past]
Etymology: From orchestra + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French orchestrer. Etymology templates: {{af|en|orchestra|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} orchestra + -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{cog|fr|orchestrer}} French orchestrer Head templates: {{en-verb}} orchestrate (third-person singular simple present orchestrates, present participle orchestrating, simple past and past participle orchestrated)
  1. (transitive) To arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music Translations (to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra): оркестрирам (orkestriram) (Bulgarian), 编管弦乐曲 (Chinese Mandarin), soitintaa (Finnish), ενορχηστρώνω (enorchistróno) (Greek), arrangere (Norwegian Bokmål), orquestar (Spanish), orkestrera (Swedish), arrangera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-orchestrate-en-verb-Cm5AOyOD Disambiguation of Music: 44 22 34 Disambiguation of 'to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra': 75 13 12
  2. (transitive) To compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance. Tags: transitive Translations (to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance): säveltää (english: to compose) (Finnish), sovittaa (english: to arrange) (Finnish), orchestrer (French), orchestrieren (German), ενορχηστρώνω (enorchistróno) (Greek), hangszerel (Hungarian), оркестрова́ть (orkestrovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), инструментова́ть (instrumentovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), orkestrirati (Serbo-Croatian), orquestar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-orchestrate-en-verb-7U7BdQ5B Disambiguation of 'to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance': 12 80 7
  3. (transitive) To arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect Tags: transitive Translations (to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect): аранжирам (aranžiram) (Bulgarian), orquestrar (Catalan), järjestää (Finnish), organisoida (Finnish), orchestrer (French), orchestrieren (German), ενορχηστρώνω (enorchistróno) (Greek), orchestrare (Italian), iscenesette (Norwegian Bokmål), arrangere (Norwegian Bokmål), organizować [imperfective] (Polish), zorganizować [perfective] (Polish), orquestrar (Portuguese), организо́вывать (organizóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), организова́ть (organizovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), aranžirati (Serbo-Croatian), orkestrirati (Serbo-Croatian), orquestar (Spanish), iscensätta (Swedish), orkestrera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-orchestrate-en-verb-73A5SF30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 26 22 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 15 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 20 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 19 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 19 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 21 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 18 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 20 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 25 19 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 17 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 17 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 24 20 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 21 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 21 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 17 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 25 18 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 19 58 Disambiguation of 'to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect': 10 6 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: orchestration, orchestrator

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From orchestra + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French orchestrer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "orchestrates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "orchestration"
    },
    {
      "word": "orchestrator"
    }
  ],
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra."
      ],
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        [
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          "arrange"
        ],
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          "score",
          "score"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sergio Leone orchestrated \"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly\".",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance."
      ],
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          "compose",
          "compose"
        ],
        [
          "arrange",
          "arrange"
        ],
        [
          "orchestral",
          "orchestral"
        ],
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "dramatic",
          "dramatic"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Orchestrated histories are not fact-based.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, Film/psychology Review, volume 4, page 80:",
          "text": "Here is chromophonic montage at its most skillful, as Minnelli orchestrates camera movement, music, and lighting in a crescendo of sound and color which red comes to dominate in the climactic moment of violent explosion.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988 March 4, Justin Hayford, “Ambiguous Gestures”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "By orchestrating this work with such cool reserve, Doolas avoided the pitfall of turning her celebration of womanhood into a free-for-all hugfest.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 529:",
          "text": "State ceremonies aimed to induce a sense of respectful awe and emotional surrender in participants by an increasingly orchestrated and theatrical ceremonialism.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 26, Roberta Smith, “Outside In”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "He might orchestrate the curved lines into stepped, hivelike hills […].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect"
      ],
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        [
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          "arrange"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ],
        [
          "diverse",
          "diverse"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "desired",
          "desired"
        ],
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔː(ɹ).kə.stɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "orkestriram",
      "sense": "to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra",
      "word": "оркестрирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra",
      "word": "编管弦乐曲"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra",
      "word": "soitintaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enorchistróno",
      "sense": "to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra",
      "word": "ενορχηστρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra",
      "word": "arrangere"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra",
      "word": "orquestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra",
      "word": "orkestrera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra",
      "word": "arrangera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to compose",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "word": "säveltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to arrange",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "word": "sovittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "word": "orchestrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "word": "orchestrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enorchistróno",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "word": "ενορχηστρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "word": "hangszerel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "orkestrovátʹ",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оркестрова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "instrumentovátʹ",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "инструментова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "word": "orkestrirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance",
      "word": "orquestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aranžiram",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "аранжирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "orquestrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "järjestää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "organisoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "orchestrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "orchestrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enorchistróno",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "ενορχηστρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "orchestrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "iscenesette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "arrangere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "organizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zorganizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "orquestrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "organizóvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "организо́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "organizovátʹ",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "организова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "aranžirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "orkestrirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "orquestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "iscensätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect",
      "word": "orkestrera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orchestrate"
}

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