organize

See also: organise

English

Alternative forms

• organise (British)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/
• Hyphenation: or‧gan‧ize

Verb

1. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
2. (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
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     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

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     These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.

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

   to organize an anthem

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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

Derived terms

• organization
• organized
• organizer
• self-organize

 

Translations

to arrange in working order

• Albanian: organizoj (sq)
• Arabic: نَظَّمَ (naẓẓama)
• Armenian: կազմակերպել (hy) (kazmakerpel), դասավորել (hy) (dasavorel)
• Catalan: organitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 組織／组织 (zh) (zǔzhī), 组织 (zh) (zǔzhī)

• Czech: uspořádat, zorganizovat, srovnat (cs)
• Danish: organisere
• Dutch: organiseren (nl)
• Finnish: järjestää (fi), järjestellä (fi)
• French: organiser (fr)
• German: organisieren (de)
• Hindi: व्यवस्था करना (vyavasthā karnā)
• Hungarian: szervez (hu), megszervez (hu), rendez (hu)
• Icelandic: skipuleggja (is)
• Italian: organizzare (it)
• Japanese: 組織する (ja) (そしきする, soshiki suru)
• Khmer: រៀបចំ (km) (riəp cɑm), ចាត់ចែង (km) (cat caeŋ)
• Korean: 조직하다 (ko) (jojikhada)
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• Latin: ordinō
• Malay: mengatur
• Ngazidja Comorian: upanga
• Occitan: organizar (oc)
• Persian: سامان دادن (sâmân dâdan)
• Polish: organizować (pl)
• Portuguese: organizar (pt)
• Quechua: paway
• Romanian: organiza (ro)
• Romansch: organisar
• Russian: организо́вывать (ru) impf (organizóvyvatʹ), организова́ть (ru) pf (organizovátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} орга̀низовати (Bosnian, Serbian), ^{(please verify)} организи́рати (Croatian)

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} orgànizovati (sh) (Bosnian, Serbian), ^{(please verify)} organizírati (sh) (Croatian)

• Spanish: organizar (es)
• Swahili: kupanga (sw)
• Swedish: organisera (sv)
• Vietnamese: sắp xếp (vi), tổ chức (vi)
• Walloon: organizer, arindjî (wa)
• Welsh: trefnu (cy)

to constitute in parts, each having a special function; to systematize

• Albanian: organizoj (sq)
• Armenian: կազմակերպել (hy) (kazmakerpel)
• Czech: zatřídit, utřídit, roztřídit (cs), zorganizovat
• Dutch: organiseren (nl)
• Finnish: järjestää (fi), systematisoida
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• German: organisieren (de)
• Latin: ordinō
• Russian: организо́вывать (ru) impf (organizóvyvatʹ), организова́ть (ru) pf (organizovátʹ)
• Spanish: organizar (es)
• Vietnamese: sắp xếp (vi), tổ chức (vi)

to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life

• Czech: zorganizovat, organizovat, organizovat se
• Finnish: järjestää (fi), organisoida (fi)
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• Swahili: panga (sw)

To sing in parts; to organize an anthem

• Swahili: panga (sw)
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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَظَّمَ (naẓẓama)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} organizi
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 조직하다 (ko) (jojikhada)
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• Kurdish: , , , , , , ,
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} organisera (sv)

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

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Portuguese

Verb

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