verb (used with object),or·gan·ized,or·gan·iz·ing.
to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
to systematize: to organize the files of an office.
to give organic structure or character to: Cells become differentiated and organized into tissues.
to enlist or attempt to enlist into a labor union: to organize workers.
to enlist the employees of (a company) into a labor union; unionize: to organize a factory.
Informal. to put (oneself) in a state of mental competence to perform a task: We can't have any slip-ups, so you'd better get organized.
verb (used without object),or·gan·ized,or·gan·iz·ing.
to combine in an organized company, party, or the like.
to form a labor union: Management resisted all efforts to organize.
to assume organic structure.
Also especially British, or·gan·ise .
Origin of organize
1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin organizāre to contrive, arrange, equivalent to organ(um) organ + -izāre -ize
SYNONYMS FOR organize
1 dispose, frame.
2 order.
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ANTONYMS FOR organize
1 destroy.
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OTHER WORDS FROM organize
or·gan·iz·a·ble,adjectiveor·gan·iz·a·bil·i·ty,nounmis·or·gan·ize,verb,mis·or·gan·ized,mis·or·gan·iz·ing.out·or·gan·ize,verb (used with object),out·or·gan·ized,out·or·gan·iz·ing.
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