organize

Verb
Synonyms: formorganisemastermindengineerdirectorchestratecoordinatepreparedeviseget upmachinateunionize

WordNet 3.0

Verb (6)

  1. create (as an entity)“social groups form everywhere”“They formed a company”Synonyms: formorganise
  2. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or ideaSynonyms: organise
  3. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)“he masterminded the robbery”Synonyms: mastermindengineerdirectorganiseorchestrate
  4. bring order and organization to“Can you help me organize my files?”Synonyms: organisecoordinate
  5. arrange by systematic planning and united effort“machinate a plot”“organize a strike”“devise a plan to take over the director's office”Synonyms: organisepreparedeviseget upmachinate
  6. form or join a union“The auto workers decided to unionize”Synonyms: unionizeunioniseorganise
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Organize \Or"gan*ize\ ([^o]r"gan*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Organized ([^o]r"gan*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Organizing ([^o]r"gan*[imac]*z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. organiser, Gr. 'organi`zein. See Organ.]

1.(Biol.) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; -- in this sense used chiefly in the past participle. [1913 Webster]

These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.— Ray.[1913 Webster]

2.To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc. [1913 Webster]

This original and supreme will organizes the government.— Cranch.[1913 Webster]

3.(Mus.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [R.] --Busby. [1913 Webster]

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