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organized en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. Of things or settings, having been organized; in good order.
    • Your desk is so organized!
  2. Of a person, characterized by efficient organization.
    • Your desk is so neat and tidy — I've never met someone so organized before!
  3. (qualifier:labour) Unionized.
    • If young persons of both sexes were brought together in the honest practical relations of organized labor, we should see no more of these fond nympholepsies 1852, Mary Edgewood Lazarus, Love Vs. Marriage: Part 1, page 292:

Forms

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more organized Degree=Cmp lexicographic
organised British, English, alternative lexicographic
organizized alternative, deliberate, misspelling lexicographic
most organized Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

chaotic · cluttered · disorganized · disorganized · messy · ununionized · unorganized · disarrayed · messy

Deriveds

hyperorganized · underorganized · semiorganized · superorganized · well-organized · preorganized · inorganized · organized religion · unorganized · disorganized · nonorganized · organized baseball · malorganized · organizedly

Synonyms

unionized

Translations (28)

mi nahanaha (characterised by efficient organization) · hy կազմակերպված (characterised by efficient organization) · hi व्यवस्थित (characterised by efficient organization) · hi सुसंगठित (characterised by efficient organization) · pl kumaty (characterised by efficient organization) · cs organizovaný (characterised by efficient organization) · pl ogarnięty (characterised by efficient organization) · tr organize (characterised by efficient organization) · gu વ્યવસ્થિત (characterised by efficient organization) · fr organisé (characterised by efficient organization) · ru организованный (characterised by efficient organization) · el οργανωμένος (characterised by efficient organization) · es organizado (characterised by efficient organization) · ro organizat (characterised by efficient organization) · pt organizado (characterised by efficient organization) · pl zorganizowany (characterised by efficient organization) · la ordinātus (characterised by efficient organization) · hi संगठित (characterised by efficient organization) · pt arrumado (characterised by efficient organization) · fa ارگانیزه (characterised by efficient organization) · gl organizado (characterised by efficient organization) · pl rozgarnięty (characterised by efficient organization) · pl przytomny (characterised by efficient organization) · az mütəşəkkil (characterised by efficient organization) · de ordentlich (characterised by efficient organization) · fi järjestelmällinen (characterised by efficient organization) · it organizzato (characterised by efficient organization) · ca organitzat (characterised by efficient organization)

organized en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of organize
    form of organize

Forms

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organised British, English, alternative lexicographic
organizized alternative, deliberate, misspelling lexicographic

Deriveds

organized crime

organized en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From organ (“musical instrument”) + -ize, calque of German organisierte/organisirte.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Of a musical instrument, having keys (like an organ); keyed.
    • The original concert advertisement including his name mentions “An Aria with accompaniment of organized trumpet, sung by Mlle. Gassmann, the words of which are by Herr Lieutenant [Giovanni de] v. Gamerra, poet of the Imperial Royal Court Theatre, the music by Herr Franz Xaver Süssmayer [sic], Kapellmeister of the I.R. Court Theatre.” 2015, Bryan Proksch, “Anton Weidinger’s Repertoire for the Keyed trumpet”, in Historic Brass Society Journal, volume 27, →DOI, page 15:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more organized Degree=Cmp lexicographic
organised British, English, alternative lexicographic
organizized alternative, deliberate, misspelling lexicographic
most organized Degree=Sup lexicographic