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rārangi

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to list, arrange, itemise.

Rārangitia ngā kupu kei raro iho nei i raro i te whakaupoko e tika ana (Te Māhuri Pukapuka Tātaki 2004:54). / List the words below under the appropriate heading.

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Synonyms: whakarārangi, tūtira, honga, tītaha, whakaraupapa, whakatūtira


2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to line up.

E tāwhirowhiro ana ngā rau o ngā pūrere kapohau e rārangi mai ana i te pae maunga (PK 2008:910). / The blades of the wind turbines lined up along the mountain range are spinning.

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Synonyms: tūtira, raina


3. (noun) line, rank, row, queue, list, catalogue.

Me haina i runga i te rārangi iraira (Ng 1993:111). / You must sign on the dotted line.

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Synonyms: tūtira, kōhangohango, tūnga, nui, io, kapa, tawhā, aho, ripa, papanga, raina, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, hoe


4. (noun) clause, section.

Ki tāku titiro he rārangi tika te rārangi toru o te Pire nei (RT 2013:63). / In my opinion the third clause of this Bill is correct.

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Synonyms: tūāporo, kaupeka, tekihana, wāhi, tekiona, wāhanga, wehenga, whiti, taha, pīhi, tūtanga


5. (noun) line (maths).

Ko te rārangi te ara kei waenganui i ētahi pūwāhi e rua. He torotika ētahi rārangi, he kōpikopiko ētahi. He ahu-tahi te rārangi, ka taea tōna roa te ine, engari karekau he whānuitanga o te rārangi (TRP 2010:221). / A line is the pathway between two points. Lines can be straight or curved. A line is one dimensional, its length can be measured but it has no width (TRP 2010:221).

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