verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
or·gan·ize (ôr'gə-nīz') v. or·gan·ized, or·gan·iz·ing, or·gan·iz·es v. tr.
[Middle English organisen, from Old French organiser, from Medieval Latin organizāre, from Latin organum, tool, instrument; see organ.] or'gan·iz'er n. |
organize or·gan·ize (ôr'gə-nīz')
v. or·gan·ized, or·gan·iz·ing, or·gan·iz·es
To put together into an orderly, functional, structured whole.
To arrange in a coherent form.