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   organize

   /ˈɔːɡənʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. arrange systematically; order: "organize lessons in a planned way" Similar put in orderorderarrangesortsort outassemblemarshalput straightgroupdisposeclassifycollocatecategorizecataloguecodifytabulatecompilesystematizesystemizeregulateregimentstandardizestructureshapemouldlick/knock into shapepigeonholetriagerare:methodizeOpposite jumbledisorganize
   • ▪ coordinate the activities of (a person or group) efficiently: "she was unsuited to anything where she had to organize herself" Similar make arrangements forarrangecoordinatesort output togetherfix upget togetherorchestratechoreographbe responsible forbe in charge oftake care oflook aftersee tosee aboutdeal withdirectrunmanageconductadministrateset upmobilizemastermindengineerinstitutedevelopformcreateestablishfoundoriginatebeginstartscheduletimetableprogrammerare:concert
   • ▪ form (a number of people) into a trade union or other political group: "we all believed in the need to organize women"
   • ▪ arrange or form into a living being or tissue: archaic "the soul doth organize the body"
   • 2. make arrangements or preparations for (an event or activity): "social programmes are organized by the school"
   • ▪ take responsibility for providing or arranging: "Julie organized food and drink for the band"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin organizare, from Latin organum ‘instrument, tool’ (see organ).

   Derivatives

   • 1. organizable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 18

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