Other forms: orchestrated, orchestrating, orchestrates
To orchestrate is to arrange the parts of something so it works as a whole. Orchestrate the campaign, carefully orchestrated, orchestrate a takeover.
In music it means writing out which instrument plays what, and it is a craft of its own — many composers hire somebody to do it. Applied to events it usually implies secret management, so an orchestrated campaign is one somebody arranged.
1verborchestrateTo arrange the parts of something so it works as a whole.
“She orchestrated the whole wedding, from the flowers to the seating plan.”
orchestrate is an arranging.
From orchestra, from Greek orchestra, the space where the chorus danced, from orcheisthai, to dance.
Latin
orchēstra
English
orchestra
English, today
orchestrate
From orchestra + -ate. Compare French orchestrer. orchestra Borrowed from Latin orchēstra.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA