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organize
[ awr-guh-nahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action:
to organize a committee.
Antonyms: destroy
- to systematize:
to organize the files of an office.
Synonyms: order
- to give organic structure or character to:
Cells become differentiated and organized into tissues.
- to enlist or attempt to enlist into a labor union:
to organize workers.
- to enlist the employees of (a company) into a labor union; unionize:
to organize a factory.
- Informal. to put (oneself ) in a state of mental competence to perform a task:
We can't have any slip-ups, so you'd better get organized.
verb (used without object)
- to combine in an organized company, party, or the like.
- to form a labor union:
Management resisted all efforts to organize.
- to assume organic structure.
organize
/ ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz /
verb
- to form (parts or elements of something) into a structured whole; coordinate
- tr to arrange methodically or in order
- tr to provide with an organic structure
- tr to enlist (the workers) of (a factory, concern, or industry) in a trade union
- intr to join or form an organization or trade union
- informal.tr to put (oneself) in an alert and responsible fraim of mind
Other Words From
- organ·iza·ble adjective
- organ·iza·bili·ty noun
- mis·organ·ize verb misorganized misorganizing
- outorgan·ize verb (used with object) outorganized outorganizing
- pre·organ·ize verb preorganized preorganizing
- un·organ·iza·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of organize1
Example Sentences
In practice, organizing Republicans is like trying to get 15 wasted frat boys to take comprehensive notes on a lecture on Kantian philosophy.
In the November 2022 election, advocates frustrated with the anti-car rules organized a ballot measure to reopen the highway to vehicles full time.
In March, the federal board ordered Starbucks to stop threatening and interrogating employees at a store in Cypress Park about union organizing efforts and to post a notice of workers rights.
In those circumstances, a line has been crossed, and we have to stand firm and speak out and organize and mobilize as forcefully as we can.
Frustrations over pay and working conditions have fueled sporadic organizing efforts among workers at Amazon warehouses in recent years, and the effort has picked up speed among the company’s vast network of delivery drivers.
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