organizedor‧gan‧ized (also organised British English) /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd $ ˈɔːr-/ ●●○ S3 adjective 
Organized groups of citizens are more successful at changing the government’s mind. Organized networks of thieves are stealing cattle.organized religion (=a religion that has lasted for a long time with leaders and many followers)2well/badly/carefully etc organized arranged or ordered well, badly, carefully etc: a carefully organized campaign I want to work with a well-organized team. a highly organized (=well-organized) social system3achieving your aims in a way that is effective, ordered, and sensible: It will take me a few days to get organized.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- organized religion
- a well-organized company
- Anti-war dissent erupted into organized demonstrations several times in the Johnson administration.
- Barbara's a very organized person.
- Bernstein was convinced that an organized effort had been made to conceal the facts of the case.
- In order to do this job well, you have to be very organized.
- My son just started playing organized hockey this year.
- Tonight after supper we want to have a more organized discussion.
- Be that as it may, the North East had organized capital, organized labour and until 1920 was growing apace.
- Evolution soon enabled some cells to take in, as food, highly organized matter, such as other life-forms.
- It had no adversary or coalition relationship with similarly organized parties.
- Today we take organized travel for granted but Cook's approach was revolutionary.
- What has then happened is a class division, of a stable and organized kind, within cultural production.
Longman Language Activatorwhen something is organized so that it works well
also organised British arranged in a way that is effective and likely to be successful: · Tonight after supper we want to have a more organized discussion.· Bernstein was convinced that an organized effort had been made to conceal the facts of the case.· Anti-war dissent erupted into organized demonstrations several times in the Johnson administration.
also well-organised British organized in a careful and thorough way, so that everything works very well: · The exhibition was very well organized.· Both candidates ran effective well-organized campaigns.· A well-organized network of women's groups has led the call for equal rights.
information, methods, or systems that are structured are organized so that they have a clear and carefully organized structure that is easy to use or understand: · a structured learning plan· The situation has made us aware of the need for a more structured approach to dealing with prisoners' problems.well-structured: · Here are some steps for creating a well-structured document.highly structured: · The social workers' home visits are highly structured, with specific goals and learning objectives.
a business or organization that is well-run is efficient because of good management and organization: · The Klausner is a comfortable well-run hotel.· The city's transportation system is clean, safe, and well run.
a well-ordered place, organization, way of life etc has been carefully organized so that nothing goes wrong, nothing unexpected happens, and everything is where it should be: · Mary has such a well-ordered household - it makes ours look like total chaos.· The town was a neat, well-ordered, red brick town dotted with trees.
a situation in which everything is controlled, well organized, and correctly arranged: · Can we have a bit of order here? Someone straighten those desks out to start with!impose order (=give something order): · He developed a filing system to try to impose order on the mass of information.
someone who always organizes their work, life etc well also organised British · In order to do this job well, you have to be very organized.well-organized · Well-organized troops have succeeded in recapturing the town.
someone who is businesslike deals with people effectively and does not waste time on things that are not important: · Ted was friendly but businesslike and very much in charge.· Gates gave a brief, businesslike explanation of his plans for the company.· The representatives were serious businesslike diplomats who disliked small talk.
informal use this about someone who always thinks clearly and does things in a sensible, organized way that you admire: · You'll have to be a bit more together when you have kids.· Rosie's a really together person - she'll be great as the coordinator.
when something is not organized well also disorganised British not arranged according to any kind of order or plan: · She gave a long disorganized speech that left everyone confused.totally/completely disorganized: · Her files were completely disorganized - she could never find anything she wanted.· a totally disorganized rescue effort
also badly organised British not well organized - use this about events or activities that are not successful, because they have not been planned well: · The festival was very badly organized - nobody seemed to know what they were doing.· There was widespread criticism that the relief operation was slow and badly organized.
a business or organization that is badly run produces bad results because it is badly managed or organized: · The company is not badly run, but it still has not made a profit.· Critics say that the mayor's office is badly run and corrupt.
extremely disorganized: · The city is a sprawling chaotic metropolis of some eight million residents.· Newscasts continued to broadcast images of the chaotic minutes after the shooting.· We flew on the day after Christmas and the situation at the airport was completely chaotic.
informal if a situation or event is a mess or a shambles , it is very badly organized or badly controlled, and nothing good or useful is being achieved: · The social security system in this country is a mess.a complete/hopeless etc mess: · The whole conference was a complete mess from start to finish.in a mess/shambles: · The prolonged war has left the nation's economy in a shambles.
if a group such as a political party is in disarray , it is disorganized and no longer effective, especially because the people who belong to it cannot agree with each other and cannot work together: · The defeated army retreated in disarray.in complete/total etc disarray: · The Democrats were in complete disarray after last year's disastrous elections.throw something into disarray (=make it become disorganized): · The chairman's resignation threw the organization into disarray.
someone who organizes their work, life etc badly · Graham's far too disorganized to be a good teacher.· I'm sorry I'm so disorganized - I just haven't had time to get everything ready.completely/hopelessly disorganized · It's no use asking her to do anything - she's completely disorganized.
especially spoken use this to say that someone does not organize their work, life etc very well. Not very organized is not as strong as disorganized .: · He's a nice guy, but he's not very organized and he forgets a lot of things.· I'm not a very organized person - maybe you should ask somebody else to make the arrangements.
informal use this about someone who has not organized their work, life etc in a sensible way and therefore has been unable to be successful: · He hasn't got it together enough to go out and get a job.· Kim has to do all the wedding planning, because her fiancé just doesn't have it together.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a highly organized (=well-organized) social system It will take me a few days to get organized.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a religion that has lasted for a long time with leaders and many followers)
a highly organized (=well-organized) social system It will take me a few days to get organized. (=committed by large organizations of criminals)· the growing threats of terrorism and organized crime
(=protest that people express by working together in an organized way)· The proposal was passed with no organized opposition.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Evolution soon enabled some cells to take in, as food, highly organized matter, such as other life-forms.· He overcame them by a highly organized campaign.· In nature, it is those species that live in highly organized groups that require the most complicated communication systems.
NOUN· The cities were brash, corrupt, and the centres of organized crime.
· The founder of organized group travel, and one of the world's largest travel companies.· In nature, it is those species that live in highly organized groups that require the most complicated communication systems.· In this analysis Freud thinks he has shown how even organized groups like a church or an army are held together.· The study of religious behaviour must, inevitably, be largely the study of the records of organized groups, the Churches.
· Be that as it may, the North East had organized capital, organized labour and until 1920 was growing apace.· The urban working class, organized labour and the farmers all supported the Democrats in 1936.· Politically, the leaders of organized labour were the most determined campaigners on the pensioners' behalf.
· Yet organized religion is already as remote from Alice's or Henry's life as paganism or human sacrifice.· But he insisted that organized religion needed to meet the challenge of social unrest and moral decay.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- From everything I saw and heard, he seemed to be very well organized in Iowa.
- In parliament there would be a carefully organized campaign of resistance that would at least slow the government down and raise Unionist morale.
- Now that the partisans were well organized in the Province of Parma they committed many acts of sabotage.
- Others around us, and we ourselves, demand that we always be well organized and hopeful.
- Professionals are well organized, never seen by their victims, and they don't kill.
- The anti-London lobby, however, was well organized and had financial arguments to back its case.
- They can also be extraordinarily well organized and methodical, as well as deliberate and purposeful.
WORD FAMILYnounorganization ≠ disorganizationreorganizationorganizeradjectiveorganizationalorganized ≠ disorganizedverborganize ≠ disorganizereorganize
1involving people working together in an effective and well-planned way OPP disorganized: Organized groups of citizens are more successful at changing the government’s mind. Organized networks of thieves are stealing cattle.organized religion (=a religion that has lasted for a long time with leaders and many followers)2well/badly/carefully etc organized arranged or ordered well, badly, carefully etc: a carefully organized campaign I want to work with a well-organized team. a highly organized (=well-organized) social system3achieving your aims in a way that is effective, ordered, and sensible: It will take me a few days to get organized.