or·gan·ized

[awr-guh-nahyzd]
adjective
1.
affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
2.
having a formal organization or structure, especially to coordinate or carry out for widespread activities: organized medicine; organized crime.

Origin:
1810–20; organize + -ed2

well-or·gan·ized, adjective
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organized or organised (ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪzd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  planned and controlled on a large scale and involving many people: organized crime
2.  orderly and efficient: a highly organized campaign
3.  (of the workers in a factory or office) belonging to a trade union: organized labour
 
organised or organised
 
adj

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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

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

  2. To arrange in a coherent form.

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