An organized activity or group involves a number of people doing something together in a structuredway, rather than doing it by themselves.
...organised groups of art thieves.
...organised religion.
...years of steadfast, organized resistance.
2. adjective
Someone who is organized plans their work and activities efficiently.
These people are very efficient, very organized and excellent time managers.
Synonyms: methodical, ordered, efficient, disciplined More Synonyms of organized
-organized
(-ɔːʳgənaɪzd)
regional note: in BRIT, also use -organised
combining form [ADJECTIVE noun]
-organized is added to nouns to form adjectives which indicate who organizes something.
...student-organized seminars.
organized in British English
or organised (ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪzd)
adjective
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
Examples of 'organized' in a sentence
organized
The relationship between an organized church and its ministers is its lifeblood.
Christianity Today (2000)
But in addition, job security and employment stability require organized placement activity.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
Fifth, considerable skill and sensitivity is required to overcome potential opposition from organized labor.
Tompkins, Jonathan Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
But it also springs from wider changes in the social composition of organized labour and from economic restructuring in which women have been vitally concerned.
Rowbotham, Sheila The Past is Before Us - feminism in action since the 1960s (1989)
It was of course largely an organized campaign, but it was not the sort of organization at which the unions were usually very good.
Jenkins, Roy Truman (1986)
On the other hand, it calls for repressive means to combat serious, organized crime.
de Haan, Willem The Politics of Redress - crime, punishment and penal abolition (1989)
As a result of the increased power of organized labor, strikes became common occurrences in the early 1900s.
Tompkins, Jonathan Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
The critical factor is whether organized labour will form a part of the first, future, democratic government.
Tomlinson, Richard Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1990)
For one thing, organized labor takes a dim view of the practice, particularly during periods of high unemployment.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,Functions
Now I don't know if we are talking about organized crime or what.
Frederic Alan Maxwell BAD BOY BALLMER (2002)
In other languages
organized
British English: organized ADJECTIVE
An organized activity or group involves a number of people doing something together in a structured way, rather than doing it by themselves.
...organised groups of art thieves.
American English: organized
Brazilian Portuguese: organizado
Chinese: 有组织的
European Spanish: organizado
French: organisé
German: organisiert
Italian: organizzato
Japanese: 組織化された
Korean: 조직화된
European Portuguese: organizado
Latin American Spanish: organizado
Chinese translation of 'organized'
organized
(ˈɔːɡənaɪzd)
adj
(= structured) 有组(組)织(織)的 (yǒu zǔzhī de)
(= efficient) 井然有序的 (jǐngrán yǒuxù de)
organize
(ˈɔːɡənaɪz)
vt
(= arrange)[activity, event]组(組)织(織) (zǔzhī)
(= order) 整理 (zhěnglǐ)
(adjective)
Definition
orderly and efficient
Such people are very organized and excellent time managers.
Synonyms
methodical
She was methodical in her research.
ordered
efficient
a highly efficient worker
disciplined
precise
neat
`It's not like Alf to leave a mess like that,' I remarked, `He's always so neat.'
tidy
She wasn't a tidy person.
systematic
They went about their business in a systematic way.
orderly
The vehicles were parked in orderly rows.
meticulous
businesslike
Mr Penn sounds quite businesslike.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of businesslike
Definition
efficient and methodical
Mr Penn sounds quite businesslike.
Synonyms
efficient,
professional,
practical,
regular,
correct,
organized,
routine,
thorough,
systematic,
orderly,
matter-of-fact,
methodical,
well-ordered,
workaday
in the sense of efficient
Definition
working or producing effectively without wasting effort, energy, or money
a highly efficient worker
Synonyms
competent,
able,
professional,
capable,
organized,
productive,
skilful,
adept,
ready,
proficient,
businesslike,
well-organized,
workmanlike
in the sense of neat
Definition
clean and tidy
`It's not like Alf to leave a mess like that,' I remarked, `He's always so neat.'
Synonyms
methodical,
tidy,
systematic,
fastidious
Synonyms of 'organized'
organized
Explore 'organized' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of orderly
Definition
tidy or well-organized
The vehicles were parked in orderly rows.
Synonyms
well-organized,
ordered,
regular,
in order,
organized,
trim,
precise,
neat,
tidy,
systematic,
businesslike,
methodical,
well-kept,
shipshape,
systematized,
well-regulated,
in apple-pie order (informal)
in the sense of systematic
Definition
following a fixed plan and done in an efficient and methodical way
They went about their business in a systematic way.