organize

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/

Verb

organize (organizes, present participle organizing; past and past participle organized)

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

   • 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

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

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

   to organize an anthem

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

Translations

• French: organiser
• German: organisieren
• Italian: organizzare
• Portuguese: organizar
• Russian: организо́вывать
• Spanish: organizar

Translations

• German: organisieren
• Russian: организо́вывать
• Spanish: organizar

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