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- pronunciation:
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verb |
| inflections: |
organizes, organizing, organized |
| definition 1: |
When you organize something, you arrange it in a way that makes sense.
Yesterday, I organized everything in my desk drawers. Now I know where everything is.The teacher spent time organizing her classroom before the beginning of school.- synonyms:
- arrange, order
- antonyms:
- disturb
- similar words:
- classify, discipline, dispose, establish, form, range, rank, sort, straighten
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| definition 2: |
When people organize an event, they plan for it and put it together.
Who is organizing the festival this year?The church organized an event to raise money to repair the church roof.- synonyms:
- arrange, establish, set up
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| definition 3: |
When people organize, they join together into a group to try to do something important to them.
The whole town organized to clean up the beach.- synonyms:
- unite
- similar words:
- associate, combine, cooperate, join, team up
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| definition 4: |
When workers organize, it means that they join together to try to get better working conditions for themselves.
The workers in the hotel have organized to get better pay.- similar words:
- unify, unite
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| related words: |
assemble, group, institute, line, mount, pair, position, process, produce, set, shape, space |
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| derivations: |
organizable (adj.), organized (adj.) |
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