organize
Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/
The English word “organize” has 5 meanings listed here.
verb
- To arrange in working order.
- To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
- To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
- To sing in parts.
- To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.
Etymology
From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”). By surface analysis, organ + -ize.
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