Definition of "orchestrate" []

• To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. (verb-transitive)
• To arrange or control the elements of, as to achieve a desired overall effect: orchestrated a successful political campaign. (verb-transitive)

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• "Since the chromosomes and the genes they contain orchestrate the body's growth and development, a range of physical and behavioral problems may result."
• "Behavior, because it's so complicated to orchestrate, is polymorphic — it requires the action of many genes in concert."
• "Some may expect to find the "secrets" of the great orchestrator disclosed; but, as he himself reminds us in his preface, "to orchestrate is to create, and this is something which cannot be taught.""