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• past tense form of organize.
• past participle of organize.

organized

American  

[awr-guh-nahyzd] / ˈɔr gəˌnaɪzd /

adjective

1. 

   formally affiliated in a recognized group or organization, especially a union.

   Organized dockworkers on the East Coast were preparing for a major strike.

2. having a formal structure or network of elements, especially to coordinate or carry out widespread activities.

   Fraud is often committed by highly sophisticated webs of organized crime.

3. characterized by neatness and order, with tasks planned, materials arranged, etc., for optimum efficiency.

   Mom was a very organized person who kept detailed grocery lists and a budget book.

   An organized classroom with defined areas and spaces can be helpful for younger students.

4. systematically formulated or followed; codified.

   Specialized stroke centers offer an organized approach to inpatient care.

   Catholicism, with a capital C, is an organized body of doctrine, belief, and worship.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of organize.

organized British  

/ ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪzd /

adjective

1. planned and controlled on a large scale and involving many people

   organized crime

2. orderly and efficient

   a highly organized campaign

3. (of the workers in a factory or office) belonging to a trade union

   organized labour

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Other Word Forms

• well-organized
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of organized

First recorded in 1810–20; organize + -ed ²

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Explanation

If something’s organized, it’s arranged in a systematic, orderly way. If you’ve got a zillion baseball cards, keeping them organized is a good idea, so you can find Hank Aaron when you need him. If you're an organized person, you keep your desk clean, your house is neat, and you keep track what you need to accomplish and when. If you're a member of the circus workers' union, you're part of the organized labor movement. You and your fellow clowns can benefit from the fact that organized workers can bargain for higher wages as a group, and that generally works better than if you try to negotiate on your own. Even if you’re funny.

Example Sentences

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The upper- and middle-class homes of Victorian London were organized around comfort and an ethic of respectable domesticity that took its tone from the royal family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Instead, they organized, challenged their own party, and made themselves harder to dismiss.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026

By showing how an organized magnetic pattern emerges as turbulent plasma transitions from fluid behavior to particle behavior, the new research provides an important piece of a longstanding physics puzzle.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

On Sunday, officials reported that 19 people who had participated in the race, sponsored by the popular running shoe brand Hoka and organized by the group Run Local, were hospitalized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

For the first time, a recognized professional group from Selma’s black community had carried out an organized protest.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

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