organize

Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb create (as an entity)
  2. verb cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
  3. verb plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

form, organise

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
make
Narrower (hyponyms)
reorganize, choose up, regiment, syndicate, draw up

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