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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (6)

1. create (as an entity);
- Example: "social groups form everywhere"
- Example: "They formed a company"
[syn: form, organize, organise]

2. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea;
[syn: organize, organise]

3. plan and direct (a complex undertaking);
- Example: "he masterminded the robbery"
[syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate]

4. bring order and organization to;
- Example: "Can you help me organize my files?"
[syn: organize, organise, coordinate]

5. arrange by systematic planning and united effort;
- Example: "machinate a plot"
- Example: "organize a strike"
- Example: "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
[syn: organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate]

6. form or join a union;
- Example: "The auto workers decided to unionize"
[syn: unionize, unionise, organize, organise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

organize v 1: create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" [syn: form, organize, organise] 2: cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea [syn: organize, organise] [ant: disorganise, disorganize] 3: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" [syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate] 4: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?" [syn: organize, organise, coordinate] 5: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" [syn: organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate] 6: form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize" [syn: unionize, unionise, organize, organise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

152 Moby Thesaurus words for "organize": adjust, affiliate, ally, arrange, array, assemble, associate, band together, be in cahoots, begin, build, build up, bunch, bunch up, cabal, calculate, cast, catalogue, categorize, cement a union, centralize, chart, classify, club, club together, codify, combine, come together, compose, concert, confederate, consist of, consociate, conspire, constitute, construct, contrive, cool off, coordinate, couple, create, cut out, deploy, design, develop, devise, dispose, effect, effectuate, embody, enter into, establish, fabricate, federalize, federate, figure, fix, forecast, form, found, frame, gang, gang up, go in partners, go in partnership, go into, grade, group, harmonize, hierarchize, hook up with, inaugurate, incept, incorporate, initiate, install, institute, integrate, intend, join, join forces, join fortunes with, join together, join up with, join with, lay out, lay plans, league, line up, make, make a projection, make arrangements, make up, marry, marshal, materialize, merge in, methodize, mix, muster, normalize, order, originate, pacify, pair, pair off, partner, piece together, plan, plan ahead, prearrange, program, project, put together, quiet, rally, rank, rationalize, realize, regularize, regulate, routinize, schedule, schematize, set up, settle, shape, sort out, stand together, stand up with, standardize, start, structure, synchronize, synthesize, systematize, systemize, tabulate, team up with, team with, throw in with, tie in with, tie up with, tranquilize, tune, tune up, unionize, unite in, unite with, wed, work out, work up