organize

A2 Topic:Verbs of Movement

Also spelled organise and organised

US /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ UK /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #6968

Meanings

1

verb
To arrange things in a neat, ordered way.

She spent the afternoon organizing her files.
2

verb
To plan and prepare an event or activity.

They organized a surprise party for their friend.
3

verb
To bring workers together into a group or union to act collectively.

The factory workers decided to organize for better pay.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to arrange things in a... arrange coordinate

2 verb · to plan and prepare an... direct

More adapt adjust apportion assort bunch categorize classify clean codify collocate compile

Opposites

confuse disarrange disorganize disperse embroil feeze messy mix scatter upset

Word family

Forms organizesorganizing

Derived forms deorganizedisorganizeinorganizemerorganizemisorganizeorganizableorganization organized organizeroutorganizeoverorganizepreorganize

Related forms construct create

Etymology

From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”). By surface analysis, organ + -ize.

organizen Middle English organiser Middle French organizō la-med organum Latin

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# organize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/
**Frequency rank:** 6968

## Meanings
1. To arrange things in a neat, ordered way.
2. To plan and prepare an event or activity.
3. To bring workers together into a group or union to act collectively.

## Examples
- She spent the afternoon organizing her files.
- They organized a surprise party for their friend.
- The factory workers decided to organize for better pay.

## Synonyms
- adapt
- adjust
- apportion
- arrange
- assort
- bunch
- categorize
- classify
- clean
- codify
- collocate
- compile

## Antonyms
- confuse
- disarrange
- disorganize
- disperse
- embroil
- feeze
- messy
- mix
- scatter
- upset

## Derived Forms
- deorganize
- disorganize
- inorganize
- merorganize
- misorganize
- organizable
- organization
- organized
- organizer
- outorganize
- overorganize
- preorganize

## Related Forms
- construct
- create

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: organizen
- Root: organiser
- Root: organizō
- Root: organum
- Affix: -ize - to make

## Etymology
From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”). By surface analysis, organ + -ize.

## AI Etymology
Organize comes from Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”). By surface analysis, organ + -ize. Modern senses include to arrange things in a neat, ordered way and to plan and prepare an event or activity. The wider word family includes derivatives such as deorganize, disorganize, inorganize, merorganize, misorganize, and organizable and related forms such as construct and create.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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