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or⋅gan⋅iz⋅er

[awr-guh-nahy-zer]
–noun
1. a person who organizes, esp. one who forms and organizes a group.
2. a person whse job is to enlist employees into membership in a union.
3. a person who organizes or schedules work: You would get this job done sooner if you were a better organizer.
4. a multiple folder or, sometimes, a notebook in which correspondence, papers, etc., are sorted by subject, date, or otherwise, for systematic handling.
5. Embryology. any part of an embryo that stimulates the development and differentiation of another part.

Origin:
1840–50; organize + -er1
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or·gan·ize   (ôr'gə-nīz')   
v.   or·gan·ized, or·gan·iz·ing, or·gan·iz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To put together into an orderly, functional, structured whole.

    1. To arrange in a coherent form; systematize: organized her thoughts before speaking.

    2. To arrange in a desired pattern or structure: "The painting is organized about a young reaper enjoying his noonday rest" (William Carlos Williams).

    3. To establish as an organization: organize a club. See Synonyms at found1.

    4. To induce (employees) to form or join a labor union.

    5. To induce the employees of (a business or an industry) to form or join a union: organize a factory.

  2. To arrange systematically for harmonious or united action: organize a strike. See Synonyms at arrange.

    1. To establish as an organization: organize a club. See Synonyms at found1.

    2. To induce (employees) to form or join a labor union.

    3. To induce the employees of (a business or an industry) to form or join a union: organize a factory.

v.   intr.
  1. To develop into or assume an organic structure.

  2. To form or join an activist group, especially a labor union.


[Middle English organisen, from Old French organiser, from Medieval Latin organizāre, from Latin organum, tool, instrument; see organ.]
or'gan·iz'er n.
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Main Entry: or·ga·niz·er
Variant: also British or·ga·nis·er /-"nI-z&r/
Function: noun
1 : one that organizes
2 : a region of a developing embryo (as the chordamesoderm of the dorsal lip of the vertebrate blastopore) or a substance produced by such a regionthat is capable of inducing a specific type of development in undifferentiated tissue called also inductor
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organizer or·gan·iz·er (ôr'gə-nī'zər)
n.

  1. One that organizes.

  2. A group of cells that induces differentiation of cells in the embryo and controls the growth and development of adjacent parts through the action of an evocator. Also called inductor.

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