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English

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Etymology

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    From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō,[1][2] from Latin organum (organ). By surface analysis, organ +‎ -ize.

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    Verb

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    organize (third-person singular simple present organizes, present participle organizing, simple past and past participle organized) (American and Oxford British spelling)

    1. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
      Synonym: marshal
      • 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.
    2. (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.
    3. (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
      • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. [], London: [] Samuel Smith, [], →OCLC:
        These nobler faculties in the mind of man, [] matter organized could never produce.
    4. (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
    5. (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

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    Conjugation of organize
    infinitive (to) organize
    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

    Archaic or obsolete.

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    Translations

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    References

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    1. ^ organīsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
    2. ^ organize, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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    Verb

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    organize

    1. inflection of organizar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French organisé, past participle of organiser.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /oɾ.ɡa.niˈze/
    • Hyphenation: or‧ga‧ni‧ze

    Adjective

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    organize

    1. organized

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    Noun

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    organize (definite accusative organizeyi, plural organizeler)

    1. organizing; uniting
    2. arranging properly
    3. organization

    Declension

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    Declension of organize
    singular plural
    nominative organize organizeler
    definite accusative organizeyi organizeleri
    dative organizeye organizelere
    locative organizede organizelerde
    ablative organizeden organizelerden
    genitive organizenin organizelerin
    Predicative forms
    singular plural
    1st singular organizeyim organizelerim
    2nd singular organizesin organizelersin
    3rd singular organize
    organizedir
    organizeler
    organizelerdir
    1st plural organizeyiz organizeleriz
    2nd plural organizesiniz organizelersiniz
    3rd plural organizeler organizelerdir

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