organize
See also: organise
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō,[1][2] 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) (American and Oxford British spelling)
- (transitive) To arrange in working order.
- 2015, Vladimir S. Lerner, “The impulse observations of random process generate information binding reversible micro and irreversible macro processes in Observer: regularities, limitations, and conditions of self-creation”, in arXiv[1]:
- Multiple bits moving in macroprocess join triplet macrounits which logically organize information networks encoding units in structures enclosing triplet code.
- (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.
- 2003, Rodney Castleden, King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend:
- With Arthur it was clearly the Falklands factor writ large. Actions such as organizing and building the Wansdyke or Cadbury 11 (the refortification) would have strengthened the authority and extended the power of whichever king was the organizer.
- 2008 April 18, Susan Dominus, “Young, Hip and Wild About Comic Books”, in The New York Times[2]:
- Ms. Crabapple did a lot of posing in bikinis, and less, to pay her way through F.I.T.; in addition to showing in fine art galleries and drawing comics, she organizes events she calls Dr. Sketchy’s, a life drawing class that’s also a burlesque show with music, costumes and seminudity.
- (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 | ||
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| 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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References
[edit]- ^ “organīsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “organize, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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]| Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | organize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | organizeyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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