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verb (used with object)
1.
to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
2.
to systematize: to organize the files of an office.
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to give organic structure or character to: to organize the elements of a composition.
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to enlist or attempt to enlist into a labor union: to organize workers.
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EXPANDto enlist the employees of (a company) into a labor union; unionize: to organize a factory.
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COLLAPSEInformal. 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.
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Also, especially British, or·gan·ise.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin organizāre to contrive, arrange = organ(um) organ + -izāre -ize
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin 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
mis·or·gan·ize, verb, -ized, -iz·ing.
out·or·gan·ize, verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
pre·or·gan·ize, verb, -ized, -iz·ing.
EXPANDun·or·gan·iz·a·ble, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. dispose, frame. 2. order.
1. dispose, frame. 2. order.
Antonyms
1. destroy.
1. destroy.
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Word Origin & History
organize
early 15c., from M.L. organizare, from L. organum "instrument, organ" (see organ). Organized crime attested from 1929.
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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.
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