Organized Large Religion People Numbers Crime Extra Examples

• an organized body of workers
• an organized system of childcare
• organized religion (= traditional religion followed by large numbers of people who obey a fixed set of rules)
• organized crime (= committed by professional criminals working in large groups)

organized

1. involving large numbers of people who work together to do something in a way that has been carefully planned
• COMPARE unorganized
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/unorganized
• an organized body of workers
• an organized system of childcare
• organized religion (= traditional religion followed by large numbers of people who obey a fixed set of rules)
• organized crime (= committed by professional criminals working in large groups)
• He was part of an organized criminal gang.
• 39% of males stated that they regularly participated in organized sport compared with 17% of females.

Extra Examples

• leading members of an organized crime syndicate
• There is a strong link between drugs and organized crime.
2. arranged or planned well or in the way mentioned
• COMPARE disorganized
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disorganized
• a carefully organized campaign
• a well-organized office
• a badly organized event
• a loosely organized political alliance

Extra Examples

• Although it doesn't look like it, the whole thing is highly organized.
• Each department is hierarchically organized.
• a loosely organized confederacy of allies
• a specially organized meeting
• Approach the interview in an organized way.
3. able to plan your work, life, etc. well and in an efficient way
• COMPARE disorganized
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disorganized
• a very organized person
• Isn't it time you started to get organized?

Extra Examples

• The new secretary was organized and conscientious.
• The chairman is one of the most organized people I know.
• A highly organized man, he rarely dropped in just for a chat.