Organize Organized Organizing Verb ˈɔːɡənaɪz ˈɔːrɡənaɪz Helped Events

• he helped to organize various events.
• to organize a conference/meeting
• to organize a protest/demonstration/rally
• to organize a workshop/seminar

organize

Verb Forms

1. to make all the arrangements for something to happen or be provided
• He helped to organize various events.
• to organize a conference/meeting
• to organize a protest/demonstration/rally
• to organize a workshop/seminar
• I'll invite people if you can organize food and drinks.
• She's on the organizing committee for the tournament.

Extra Examples

• They organized the festival jointly with the French cultural service.
• She entered a competition organized by the BNA (Royal Dutch Institute of Architects).
• They organized a large-scale publicity campaign to promote the series.
• The aim of these clubs was to organize parties where their members could dance.
• We also organize guided tours and informal talks by curators and critics.
• We're organizing the evening around a Japanese theme.
• I've organized a lot of school trips.
• The exhibition was jointly organized by the Met in New York and the National Gallery in London.
• It was difficult to organize a meeting at a time that suited everyone.
• The president's aides quickly organized a press conference.
• The series of lectures was organized by a group of city economists.
• The students are organizing a protest march.
• They were accused of organizing and financing terrorist activities.
• The mayor organized and led the relief efforts.
• The premises are available for use by groups wishing to organise fundraising activities.
• Farmers attended an open day organised by the Institute for Grassland and Environmental Research.
2. to arrange something or the parts of something into a particular order or structure
• Modern computers can organize large amounts of data very quickly.
• You should try and organize your time better.
• We do not fully understand how the brain is organized.
• The complex is organized around a central courtyard.
• We need to organize the work according to the availability and skills of each volunteer.
• The overall organizing principle of the book is chronological order.

Extra Examples

• He has lots of good ideas, but he needs help organizing them.
• Take a minute to organize your thoughts.
• We need to organize our day.
• The book is organized into five parts.
• We have 24 divisions organized into six regional groups.
• Chapters are organized according to a theme.
• The exhibition is organized along a timeline.
• We create weekly delivery schedules organized by postcode.
• A firm needs to organize its activities in such a way that it makes a profit.
• The database is organized hierarchically.
• The footage has to be organized in a compelling way.
• Educators can use technology to organize content in meaningful ways.
3. to plan your/somebody’s work and activities in an efficient way
• I'm sure you don't need me to organize you.
4. to form a group of people with a shared aim, especially a union or political party
• the right of workers to organize themselves into unions
• Campaigns brought women together to organize.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from medieval Latin organizare, from Latin organum ‘instrument, tool’, from Greek organon ‘tool, instrument, sense organ’.