Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - organize

(organizes, organizing, organized) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: in BRIT, also use 'organise' 1. If you organize an event or activity, you make sure that the necessary arrangements are made. In the end, we all decided to organize a concert for Easter. ...a two-day meeting organised by the United Nations... The initial mobilisation was well organised. VERB: V n, V n, V n 2. If you organize something that someone wants or needs, you make sure that it is provided. I will organize transport... He rang his wife and asked her to organize coffee and sandwiches. VERB: V n, V n 3. If you organize a set of things, you arrange them in an ordered way or give them a structure. He began to organize his materials... ...the way in which the Army is organised. VERB: V n, V n 4. If you organize yourself, you plan your work and activities in an ordered, efficient way. ...changing the way you organize yourself... Go right ahead, I’m sure you don’t need me to organize you... Get organised and get going. VERB: V pron-refl, V n, V-ed 5. If someone organizes workers or if workers organize, they form a group or society such as a trade union in order to have more power. ...helping to organize women working abroad... It’s the first time farmers have decided to organize. ...organised labour. VERB: V n, V, V-ed