- 1orchestrate something to arrange a piece of music in parts so that it can be played by an orchestra
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- 2orchestrate something to organize a complicated plan or event very carefully or secretly synonym stage-manage a carefully orchestrated publicity campaign The group is accused of orchestrating violence at demonstrations.
orchestrate
verbNAmE//ˈɔrkəˌstreɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they orchestrate he / she / it orchestrates
past simple orchestrated
-ing form orchestrating
NAmE//ˌɔrkəˈstreɪʃn//
noun [countable, uncountable]See orchestrate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: orchestrate