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or⋅gan⋅ize

  [awr-guh-nahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, esp. for united action: to organize a committee.
2. to systematize: to organize the files of an office.
3. to give organic structure or character to: to organize the elements of a composition.
4. to enlist or attempt to enlist into a labor union: to organize workers.
5. to enlist the employees of (a company) into a labor union; unionize: to organize a factory.
6. 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)
7. to combine in an organized company, party, or the like.
8. to form a labor union: Management resisted all efforts to organize.
9. to assume organic structure.
Also, especially British, or⋅gan⋅ise.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML organizāre to contrive, arrange = organ(um) organ + -izāre -ize

Related forms:
or⋅gan⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
or⋅gan⋅iz⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. dispose, frame. 2. order.

Antonyms:
1. destroy.
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