ORCHESTRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orchestrate mean? 

• ORCHESTRATE (verb)
  The verb ORCHESTRATE has 2 senses:

1. write an orchestra score for

2. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

  Familiarity information: ORCHESTRATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORCHESTRATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they orchestrate    ... he / she / it orchestrates   
Past simple: orchestrated   
Past participle: orchestrated   
-ing form: orchestrating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Write an orchestra score for

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "orchestrate" is one way to...):

score (write a musical score for)

Domain category:

euphony; music (any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

Did he orchestrate his major works over a short period of time?
They will orchestrate the duet

Derivation:

orchestra (a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players)

orchestration (the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments)

orchestration (an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band)

orchestrator (an arranger who writes for orchestras)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

direct; engineer; mastermind; orchestrate; organise; organize

Context example:

he masterminded the robbery

Hypernyms (to "orchestrate" is one way to...):

plan (make plans for something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "orchestrate"):

choreograph (plan and oversee the development and details of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

orchestration (an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect)

 Context examples 

The faithful segregation of genetic information requires highly orchestrated changes of chromosome structure during the mitotic cell cycle.

(Mitotic Sister Chromatid Cohesion, NCI Thesaurus)

A collection of unrelated materials that are used together to orchestrate dosage administration.

(Kit Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

The pathways that orchestrate the destruction of aberrant proteins are collectively termed ER-associated degradation (ERAD).

(Endoplasmic Reticulum Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The researchers found that the regenerative response of stem cells is orchestrated by a single sub-population of epidermal (skin) cells, which they termed Regeneration-Organizing Cells, or ROCs.

(Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles’ tails regenerate, University of Cambridge)

The immune system has a complex, delicately orchestrated balance.

(Autoimmune Disease Super-Regulators Uncovered, NIH)

For example collagen structural phenotypes demonstrate a cooperative, sequential, timely orchestrated action of the SLRPs that altogether shape the architecture and mechanical properties of the collagen matrix.

(Function of SLRP in Bone Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Some of these proteins enter the blood stream by purposeful secretion to orchestrate biological processes in health or in disease, for example hormones, cytokines and growth factors.

(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)