V. complexify[obs3], complicate. Adj

gnarled, knarled[obs3].

[of traffic] snarled, gridlocked, jammed.
#60. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement. -- N. {{property_of(order, R58)}} arrangement; plan &c. 626; preparation &c. 673; disposal, disposition; collocation, allocation; distribution; sorting &c. v.; assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis[obs3], graduation, organization; grouping; tabulation.

analysis, division, classification, clustering.

digestion.

[Result of arrangement] {{has_subtype(arrangement)}} digest; synopsis &c. (compendium) 596; syntagma[Gram.], table, atlas; file, database; register. &c. (record) 551; organism, organization, architecture.

[Instrument for sorting] {{uses(arrangement): sieve, riddle, screen, sorter, P2.3.1.3.12.7, sorting instruments}}.

V. reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally. arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion.

class, classify; divide; file, string together, thread; register &c. (record) 551; catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade.

methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix. unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil[obs3]; feaze[obs3].

Adj. arranged &c. v.; embattled, in battle array; cut and dried; methodical, orderly, regular, systematic.

Phr. "In vast cumbrous array" [Churchill].

#61. [Subversion of Order; bringing into disorder.] Derangement. -- N. derangement &c. v.; disorder &c. 59; evection[obs3], discomposure, disturbance; disorganization, deorganization[obs3]; dislocation.

disruption, perturbation, interruption.

randomization, shuffling &c. v.; inversion &c. 218; corrugation &c. (fold) 258; involvement.

interchange &c. 148.

interrupt, disrupt, perturb.

shuffle, randomize; huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot; bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder &c. 59; muss [U.S.]; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon.

unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear.

turn topsy-turvy &c. (invert) 218; bedevil; complicate, involve, perplex, confound; imbrangle[obs3], embrangle[obs3], tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle[obs3], dishevel, ruffle; rumple &c. (fold) 258.

litter, scatter; mix &c. 41.

rearrange &c. 148.

Adj. deranged &c. v.; syncretic, syncretistic[obs3]; mussy, messy; flaky; random, unordered; messed up, mussed up.
A4.2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER . ..R62 to R71

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58. Order 59. Disorder

60. Arrangement 61. Derangement

64. Precursor 65. Sequel

66. Beginning 67. End

68. Middle

69. Continuity 70. Discontinuity

71. Term

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#62. Precedence. -- N. {{antonym(succession, R63)}}.

precedence; coming before &c. v.; the lead, le pas; superiority &c. 33; importance &c. 642; antecedence, antecedency[obs3]; anteriority &c. (front) 234[obs3]; precursor &c. 64; priority &c. 116; precession &c. 280; anteposition[obs3]; epacme[obs3]; preference.

place before; prefix; premise, prelude, preface.

succession, sequence, coming after; going after &c. (following) 281; consecution; posteriority &c. 117.

continuation, extension; postposition.

order of succession; successiveness; paracme[obs3].

{{performed_by: line, lineage, posterity, descendent; heir, successor @R167, @P2.6.4.1 Properties of living things}}.

secondariness[obs3]; subordinancy &c. (inferiority) 34[obs3].

afterbirth, afterburden[obs3]; placenta, secundines[Med].

suffix, postfix.

{{similar_to(add/attach)}} place after, suffix, append.

next; subsequent, consequent.

consecutive &c. (continuity) 69; alternate, amoebean[obs3].

later, latter; posterior &c. 117.

bellwether; herald, harbinger; foreboding; dawn.

{{has_subtype: forebear, ancestor}}.

{{has_subtype: @P2.3.2.3.2.5.15, preparer, forerunner, vancourier[obs3], avant-coureur[Fr], leader, pioneer, scout, prodrome[obs1], prodromos[obs3], prodromus[obs3], outrider}}.

{{has_subtype: @P2.3.2.3.2.5.15, avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare[obs3], forelooper[obs3], foreloper[obs3], stalking-horse, voorlooper[Afrikaans], voortrekker[Afrikaans]}}.

{{has_subtype(text)}} prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos[Fr], protasis[obs3], proemium[obs3], prolusion[obs3], proem, prolepsis[Gram], prolegomena, prefix, introduction; heading, frontispiece.

{{&has_function: preparation, groundwork, spadework &c. R673, @M2.2.3}} .

overture, exordium[Lat], symphony; premises.

prefigurement &c. 511; omen &c. 512.

{[of(chemical): raw material, starting material]}.

{{has_subtype(text)}} appendix, postscript; epilogue; codicil; continuation, sequel; part two; return of; son of.

peroration.

appendage; tail piece[Fr], heelpiece[obs3]; tag, more last words; colophon.

aftercome[obs3], aftergrowth[obs3], afterpart[obs3], afterpiece[obs3], aftercourse[obs3], afterthought, aftergame[obs3]; arriere pensee[Fr], second thoughts, treppenwoerter[Ger.]; outgrowth.
#66. Beginning.-- N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset, initiation, incipience, inception, inchoation[obs3]; introduction &c. (precursor) 64; alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation[Fr], rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure.

origin &c. (cause) 153; source, rise; bud, germ &c. 153; egg, rudiment.

genesis, primogenesis[obs3], birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point &c. 293; dawn &c. (morning) 125; evolution.

title-page; head, heading; van &c. (front) 234; caption, fatihah[obs3].

entrance, entry, ingress; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon[obs3], door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum[obs3]; skirts, border &c. (edge) 231.

first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight.

rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, first thing, alphabet, ABCE.

V. begin, start, commence; conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter; set out &c. (depart) 293; embark in; incept[obs3].

[transitive] initiate, launch, inaugurate.

[intransitive] inchoate, rise, arise, originate.

usher in; lead off, lead the way; take the lead, take the initiative; head; stand at the head, stand first, stand for; lay the foundations &c. (prepare) 673; found &c. (cause) 153; set up, set on foot, agoing[obs3], set abroach[obs3], set the ball in motion; apply the match to a train; broach; open up, open the door to.

[intransitive] get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to; make a beginning, make a start.

handsel; take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf; break ground, break the ice, break cover; pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; open fire, open the ball; ventilate, air; undertake &c. 676.

come into existence, come into the world; make one's debut, take birth; burst forth, break out; spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize.

begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo[Lat].

first, foremost, leading; maiden.

begun &c. v.; just begun &c. v.

Adv. at the beginning, in the beginning, &c. n.; first, at first, firstly, in the first place, imprimis[Lat], first and foremost; in limine[Lat]; in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy; from the first, from the beginning, from its birth; ab initio[Lat], ab ovo[Lat], ab incunabilis[Lat], ab origine[Lat].

Phr. let's get going! let's get this show on the road! up and at 'em! aller Anfang ist schwer [Ger]; dimidium facti qui coepit habet [Lat][Cicero]; omnium rerum principia parva sunt [Lat][Cicero].
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#67. End. -- N. end, close, termination; desinence[obs3], conclusion, finis, finale; period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity.

{{has_part(P2.3, Physical Object): end; tail; edge; point, tip}}

tag, peroration; bonne bouche[Fr]; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard.

consummation, denouement; finish &c. (completion) 729; fate; doom, doomsday; crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae[Lat], fall of the curtain.

goal, object, objective, destination.

limit, determination; expiration, expiry[obs3], extinction, extermination; death &c. 360; end of all things; finality; eschatology.

break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point; coup de grace, deathblow; knock-out blow; sockdolager* [obs3][U.S.].

{{has_subtype(failure, R732)}} abortion; abend.

bring to an -end &c. n.; put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve &c. (complete) 729; stop &c. (make to cease) 142; shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.

{{has_subtype(fail, R732)}} abort; abend.

Adj. ending &c. v.; final, terminal, definitive; crowning &c. (completing) 729; last, ultimate; penultimate[coll.]; hindermost[obs3]; rear &c. 235; caudal; vergent[obs3].

conterminate[obs3], conterminous, conterminable[obs3].

ended &c. v.; at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive. penultimate; last but one, last but two, &c. unbegun, uncommenced[obs3]; fresh.

Adv. finally &c. adj.; in fine; at the last; once for all.

Phr. "as high as Heaven and as deep as hell" [Beaumont & Fletcher]; deficit omne quod nascitur [Lat][Quintilian]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin[Fr][obs3]; finem respice[Lat][obs3]; ultimus Romanorum[Lat].
#68. Middle. -- N. middle, midst, mediety[obs1], mean &c. 29; medium, middle term; center &c. 222, mid-course &c. 628; mezzo termine[It]; juste milieu &c. 628[Fr]; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos[obs3]; nucleus, nucleolus.

equidistance[obs3], bisection, half distance; equator, diaphragm, midriff; intermediate &c. 228.

procession, column; retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array.

pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race; ancestry, descent, family, house; line, line of ancestors; strain.

rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team; suit; colonnade.

arrange in a series, collate &c. n.; string together, file, thread, graduate, organize, sort, tabulate.

pause, intermission.

[of discourse] aside, digression, parenthesis; [ref: deviate, R279].

[ref: detour, cicuit, R629, M7.2.1].

alternation &c. (periodicity) R138.

[of war] truce, cease fire; lull, dropping fire.

{{similar_to: space, gap, lacuna &c. (interval) R198}}.

V. be discontinuous &c. adj.; alternate, intermit, sputter, stop and start, hesitate.

discontinue, pause, interrupt; intervene; break, break in upon, break off; interpose &c. 228; break the thread, snap the thread; disconnect &c. (disjoin) 44; dissever.

parenthetically.

link, peg, notch.

place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch.

stand, standing; footing, range.

degree &c. 26.

quantum level.

[ref: state, condition, R7].

{{has_trait(person)}} rank, station, level, grade; class, form [Brit], round of the ladder, rung of the ladder, status, position.

{{has_subtype(grade)}} black belt; brown belt.

[increase of grade] promotion, advancement; graduation.

[decrease of grade] demotion; drop back; regression, retrogression.

V. hold a place, occupy a place, find a place, fall into a place &c. n.

[increase grade] graduate; advance, progress.

{{similar_to(rank): classify}}.

[cause to advance] promote.

[decrease grade] drop, drop down a notch, drop back, drop back a level; regress, retrogress.

[decrease status] lose face.

[cause to decrease grade] demote; bump; take down a notch.

Adj. graded, graduated.

ranked.

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miscellany, collectanea[obs3]; museum, menagerie &c. (store) 636; museology[obs3].

volley, shower, storm, cloud.

{{has_subtype: P2.3.2.3.1.5, Human groups}}.

{{has_subtype(group): team; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, @P2.3.2.3.1.5}}.

{{has_subtype(group): reunion, drawing room, at home; reception, conversazione[It] &c. (social gathering) 892}}.

{{has_subtype(group): assembly, congress, meeting, levee; convention, conventicle; gemote[obs3]; conclave &c. (council) 696}}.

{{has_subtype(group): posse, @P2.3.2.3.1.5}}.

{{has_subtype(group): crowd, throng, @P2.3.2.3.1.5}}.

{{has_subtype(group): bunch, drive, @P2.3.2.3.1.5}}.

{{has_subtype(group): swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, gaggle, herd}}.

{{has_subtype(group): tribe}}.

{{has_subtype(group): clan, brotherhood}}
group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil; set, batch, lot, pack; budget, assortment, bunch; parcel; packet, package; bundle, fascine[obs3], fasces[obs3], bale; group of fibers.

{{has_subtype(group of fibers)}} fagot, wisp, truss, tuft; shock, rick, fardel[obs3], stack, sheaf, haycock[obs3]; fasces, fascicle ; seron[obs3], seroon[obs3]; gavel, hattock[obs3], stook[obs3].

{{has_part(body)}} {{has_subtype(group of fibers, @R72, A4.3.1)}} fascicle, fasciculus.

{{has_part(book)}} fascicle, fascicule[obs3], fasciculus.

[(large quantity) ref: multitude, R102] {{has_subtype(quantity, R25, A3.1.)}} {{has_property: greatness, R31.}} {{has_large_quantity}} great quantity, huge amount; congeries, heap, lump, pile, load, rouleau[obs3], mountain, mass; galaxy.

pyramid; bing[obs3]; drift; tissue; snowball, snowdrift.

acervation[obs3], cumulation; glomeration[obs3], agglomeration; conglobation[obs3]; conglomeration, conglomerate; coacervate[Chem], coacervation[Chem], coagmentation[obs3], aggregation; accumulation &c. (store) 636.

{{property_of(density)}} concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum[Lat], spicilegium[obs3].

{{has_metaphor(concentration)}} black hole of Calcutta.

[of road traffic] heavy traffic; bottleneck, traffic jam.

V. assemble[be or come together], collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate; congregate, conglomerate, concentrate; precipitate; center round, rendezvous, resort; come together, flock get together, pig together; forgather; huddle; reassemble.

[get or bring together] assemble, muster; bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together; collect, collocate, colligate[obs3]; get , whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke, convocate[obs3]; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up, truss, cram; acervate[obs3]; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group, aggroup[obs3], concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a focus; amass, accumulate &c. (store) 636; collect in a dragnet; heap Ossa upon Pelion.

disembody, dismember, distribute; apportion &c. 786; blow off, let out, spew; strew, straw, strow[obs3]; ted; spirtle[obs3], cast, sprinkle; issue, deal out, retail, utter; resperse[obs3], intersperse; set abroach[obs3], circumfuse[obs3].

turn adrift, cast adrift; scatter to the winds;.

spread like wildfire, disperse themselves.

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