Dictionary

organize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ (General-American)
• /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”). By surface analysis, organ + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
   • Multiple bits moving in macroprocess join triplet macrounits which logically organize information networks encoding units in structures enclosing triplet code. 2015, Vladimir S. Lerner, “The impulse observations of random process generate information binding reversible micro and irreversible macro processes in Observer: regularities, limitations, and conditions of self-creation”, in arXiv:
2. (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
   • Ms. Crabapple did a lot of posing in bikinis, and less, to pay her way through F.I.T.; in addition to showing in fine art galleries and drawing comics, she organizes events she calls Dr. Sketchy’s, a life drawing class that’s also a burlesque show with music, costumes and seminudity. 2008 April 18, Susan Dominus, “Young, Hip and Wild About Comic Books”, in The New York Times:
   • This original and supreme will organizes the government. 1803, William Cranch, Marbury v. Madison:
   • With Arthur it was clearly the Falklands factor writ large. Actions such as organizing and building the Wansdyke or Cadbury 11 (the refortification) would have strengthened the authority and extended the power of whichever king was the organizer. 2003, Rodney Castleden, King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend:
3. (transitive, used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
   • These nobler faculties in the mind of man, […] matter organized could never produce. 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
   • organized matter
   • an organized being
4. (transitive) To sing in parts.
   • to organize an anthem
   • Formerly , those Catholic priests who sung in parts : so to sing , was to organize 1828, Thomas Busby, A Complete Dictionary of Music:
5. (intransitive, transitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.
   • the workers decided to organize; their next task was to organize the workers at the steel mill

Forms

Antonyms

disarrange · upset · messy · disperse · embroil · scatter · confuse · feeze · disorganize · mix

Deriveds

preorganize · organized · self-organize · inorganize · organization · organizable · re-organize · deorganize · disorganize · self-organizing · organizer · merorganize · misorganize · outorganize · overorganize · reorganize

Relateds

construct · create

Synonyms

disambiguate · marshal · marshal · tidy · harmonize · tailor · compile · coordinate · apportion · assort · categorize · fashion · place · arrange · disentangle · adjust · form · fit · adapt · rank · tabulate · formulate · label · fix · sanitize · order · systematize · collocate · disembroil · clean · classify · sort · methodize · group · codify · standardize · regulate · bunch

Translations (82)

hi व्यवस्था करना (to arrange in working order) · pl zorganizować (to arrange in working order) · ca organitzar (to arrange in working order) · ru организо́вывать (to arrange in working order) · cs organizovat se (to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life) · bg устро́йвам (to arrange in working order) · pl organizować (to arrange in working order) · ar نَظَّمَ (to arrange in working order) · rm organisar (to arrange in working order) · de organisieren (to arrange in working order) · vi tổ chức (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · hy կազմակերպել (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · sw panga (to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life) · grc συνίστημι (to arrange in working order) · cmn 組織 /组织 (to arrange in working order) · it organizzare (to arrange in working order) · gl argallar (to arrange in working order) · vi sắp xếp (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · fi järjestää (to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life) · sq organizoj (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · he ארגן (to arrange in working order) · fi järjestellä (to arrange in working order) · nl organiseren (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · fi organisoida (to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life) · cs zatřídit (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · km រៀបចំ (to arrange in working order) · sw kupanga (to arrange in working order) · fi muodostaa (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · hu szervez (to arrange in working order) · hu megszervez (to arrange in working order) · la ordinō (to arrange in working order) · cs srovnat (to arrange in working order) · el οργανώνω (to arrange in working order) · wa organizer (to arrange in working order) · fr organiser (to arrange in working order) · ro organiza (to arrange in working order) · es organizar (to arrange in working order) · hy դասավորել (to arrange in working order) · wa arindjî (to arrange in working order) · vi tổ chức (to arrange in working order) · hu rendez (to arrange in working order) · ko 조직하다 (to arrange in working order) · nl organiseren (to arrange in working order) · qu paway (to arrange in working order) · sq Reno (to arrange in working order) · ru организо́вывать (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · pt organizar (to arrange in working order) · sq organizoj (to arrange in working order) · cs roztřídit (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · vi sắp xếp (to arrange in working order) · sw panga (to sing in parts; to organize an anthem) · sq Reno (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · cs zorganizovat (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · fa سامان دادن (to arrange in working order) · cs zorganizovat (to arrange in working order) · es organizar (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · el οργανώνω (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · zdj upanga (to arrange in working order) · mk организира (to arrange in working order) · cs zorganizovat (to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life) · hy կազմակերպել (to arrange in working order) · bg организирам (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · ms mengatur (to arrange in working order) · oc organizar (to arrange in working order) · cs utřídit (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · fi koostua (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · cy trefnu (to arrange in working order) · km ចាត់ចែង (to arrange in working order) · lv organizēt (to arrange in working order) · da organisere (to arrange in working order) · ru организова́ть (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · sv organisera (to arrange in working order) · ru организова́ть (to arrange in working order) · la ordinō (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · fi järjestää (to arrange in working order) · de organisieren (to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize) · am አቀናበረ (to arrange in working order) · ja 組織する (to arrange in working order) · is skipuleggja (to arrange in working order) · cs organizovat (to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life) · gl organizar (to arrange in working order) · cs uspořádat (to arrange in working order)