Organize definitions

ôr'gə-nīz'
To provide with an organic structure.
  • To arrange in an orderly way.
    To organize files.
  • To make into a whole with unified and coherent relationships.
    To organize an essay.
  • To make plans or arrange for.
    To organize a campaign.
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To become organized.
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To join in some common cause or form some organization, esp. a labor union.
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To bring into being; establish.

To organize a corporation.

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To set (oneself) into an orderly state of mind.
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To develop into or assume an orderly, functional, or coherent structure.
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To form or join an activist group, especially a labor union.
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Organize is defined as to arrange in an orderly way.

Filing business paperwork in alphabetical order is an example of a way to organize.

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To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
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To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; "” in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.
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(music) To sing in parts.

To organize an anthem.

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Origin of organize

Middle English organisen from Old French organiser from Medieval Latin organizāre from Latin organum tool, instrument organ