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organize

  • verb
  • or·gan·ize
  • /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/

To in working order.

Other meanings

  1. To in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.

  2. To with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life

    “an organized being”

Related words

  • self-organizing
  • deorganize
  • disorganize
  • inorganize
  • merorganize
  • misorganize
  • organizable
  • outorganize
  • overorganize
  • preorganize
  • re-organize
  • organization

Example sentences

  • “Can they organize a better humanitarian mission?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "organum".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “organize” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.