organize
Verb
Verb Forms: organized, organizing, organizes
- To arrange or form into a coherent, functional whole.
- create (as an entity)
- cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- bring order and organization to
- "Can you help me organize my files?"
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
- "organize a strike"
- form or join a union
- To arrange in working order.
- To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
- To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
- To sing in parts.
- To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.
Examples
- A true Scrabble master can ORGANIZE a chaotic rack of tiles into a winning word.
- an organized being
- organized matter
- the workers decided to organize; their next task was to organize the workers at the steel mill
- to organize an anthem
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”). By surface analysis, organ + -ize.
Synonyms
coordinate, devise, direct, engineer, form, get up, machinate, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, prepare, unionise, unionize, adapt, adjust, apportion, arrange, assort, bunch, categorize, classify, clean, codify, collocate, compile, disambiguate, disembroil, disentangle, fashion, fit, fix, formulate, group, harmonize, label, marshal, methodize, order, place, rank, regulate, sanitize, sort, standardize, systematize, tabulate, tailor, tidy
Antonyms
disorganise, disorganize, confuse, disarrange, disperse, embroil, feeze, messy, mix, scatter, upset
Scrabble Score: 18
organize: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordorganize: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
organize: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary