organize

See also: organise

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō,[1][2] from Latin organum (organ); see organ.

Pronunciation

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. organīsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. organize, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Anagrams

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

Noun

organize (definite accusative organizeyi, plural organizeler)

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative organize
Definite accusative organizeyi
Singular Plural
Nominative organize organizeler
Definite accusative organizeyi organizeleri
Dative organizeye organizelere
Locative organizede organizelerde
Ablative organizeden organizelerden
Genitive organizenin organizelerin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular organizeyim organizelerim
2nd singular organizesin organizelersin
3rd singular organize
organizedir
organizeler
organizelerdir
1st plural organizeyiz organizeleriz
2nd plural organizesiniz organizelersiniz
3rd plural organizeler organizelerdir

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