organize

[ awr-guh-nahyz ]

/ ˈɔr gəˌnaɪz /

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verb (used with object), or·gan·ized, or·gan·iz·ing.

to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.

to systematize: to organize the files of an office.

to give organic structure or character to: Cells become differentiated and organized into tissues.

to enlist or attempt to enlist into a labor union: to organize workers.

to enlist the employees of (a company) into a labor union; unionize: to organize a factory.

Informal. to put (oneself) in a state of mental competence to perform a task: We can't have any slip-ups, so you'd better get organized.

verb (used without object), or·gan·ized, or·gan·iz·ing.

to combine in an organized company, party, or the like.

to form a labor union: Management resisted all efforts to organize.

to assume organic structure.

OTHER WORDS FOR organize

1 dispose, frame.

2 order.

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1 destroy.

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Also especially British, or·gan·ise .

Origin of organize

1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin organizāre to contrive, arrange, equivalent to organ(um) organ + -izāre -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM organize

or·gan·iz·a·ble, adjectiveor·gan·iz·a·bil·i·ty, nounmis·or·gan·ize, verb, mis·or·gan·ized, mis·or·gan·iz·ing.out·or·gan·ize, verb (used with object), out·or·gan·ized, out·or·gan·iz·ing.

pre·or·gan·ize, verb, pre·or·gan·ized, pre·or·gan·iz·ing.un·or·gan·iz·a·ble, adjective

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How to use organize in a sentence

None were squeamish about organising power to pursue their object.
One U.S. Constitution Just Wasn’t Enough|Tom Arnold-Forster|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, Mr Kim has no qualms about organising purges of his own.
The Women Behind the Throne in North Korea's 'Empire of Horror'|The Telegraph|December 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He is suspected of having massively overcharged local authorities for organising sporting events.
Engulfed by Scandal, Could The Spanish Royal Family Fall?|Tom Sykes|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He had a deadly precision of speech, a very remarkable memory, and a great power of organising and assembling his facts.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker

It has been the chronic mistake of statecraft and all organising spirits to attempt immediately to scheme and arrange and achieve.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells
It would not always be necessary in organising an expedition to be encamped on one side of the glacier rather than the other.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
Moreover Napoleon was already beginning to withdraw troops from Spain for the huge army he was organising against Russia.
Battles of English History|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
Gordon looked at them with the eye of a soldier, and on the spot enrolled fifty of them into the small force he was organising.
The Life of Gordon, Volume I|Demetrius Charles Boulger

British Dictionary definitions for organize

organize

organise

/ (ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz) /

verb

to form (parts or elements of something) into a structured whole; coordinate

(tr) to arrange methodically or in order

(tr) to provide with an organic structure

(tr) to enlist (the workers) of (a factory, concern, or industry) in a trade union

(intr) to join or form an organization or trade union

(tr) informal to put (oneself) in an alert and responsible frame of mind

Word Origin for organize

C15: from Medieval Latin organizare, from Latin organum organ

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