organize

English

Alternative forms

• organise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French organiser, from Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”); see organ.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/

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• Hyphenation: or‧gan‧ize

Verb

organize (third-person singular simple present organizes, present participle organizing, simple past and past participle organized)

1. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
2. (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
   • 1803, William Cranch, Marbury v. Madison:

     This original and supreme will organizes the government.

3. (transitive, chiefly used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life

   an organized being

   organized matter

   • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. , London: Samuel Smith, , →OCLC:

     These nobler faculties in the mind of man, […] matter organized could never produce.

4. (transitive, music) To sing in parts.

   to organize an anthem

   • 1828, Thomas Busby, A Complete Dictionary of Music:

     Formerly , those Catholic priests who sung in parts : so to sing , was to organize

5. (transitive, intransitive) 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

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Further reading

• “organize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “organize”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• agonizer

Portuguese

Verb

organize

1. inflection of organizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French organisé, past participle of organiser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾ.ɡa.niˈze/
• Hyphenation: or‧ga‧ni‧ze

Adjective

organize

1. organized

Derived terms

• organize etmek

Noun

organize (definite accusative organizeyi, plural organizeler)

1. organizing; uniting
2. arranging properly
3. organization

Declension

Further reading

• “organize”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “organize”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “organize”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı