organize
See also: organise
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- organise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French organiser, from Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”); see organ.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: or‧gan‧ize
Verb edit
organize (third-person singular simple present organizes, present participle organizing, simple past and past participle organized)
- (transitive) To arrange in working order.
- (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.
- (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
- (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
- (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 edit
Conjugation of organize
| infinitive | (to) organize | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | organize | organized | |
| 2nd-person singular | organize, organizest† | organized, organizedst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | organizes, organizeth† | organized | |
| plural | organize | ||
| subjunctive | organize | organized | |
| imperative | organize | — | |
| participles | organizing | organized | |
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to arrange in working order
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to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize
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to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life
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Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
organize
- inflection of organizar:
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French organisé, past participle of organiser.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
organize
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
organize (definite accusative organizeyi, plural organizeler)
Declension edit
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| Nominative | organize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | organizeyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | organize | organizeler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | organizeyi | organizeleri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dative | organizeye | organizelere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | organizede | organizelerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ablative | organizeden | organizelerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | organizenin | organizelerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “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