organizeverb [ T ]
UK usually organise uk/ˈɔː.ɡən.aɪz/us/ˈɔːr.ɡən.aɪz/organize verb [ T ] (ARRANGE)
B1 to make arrangements for something to happen:
They organized a meeting between the teachers and students.
[ + to infinitive ] UK She had organized a car to meet me at the airport.
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- She has been designated to organize the meeting.
- Most British schools organize social events for the students.
- She organizes a school reunion once a year.
- This event was organized in association with the Sports Council.
- She's an active member of the Women's Institute and is always organizing talks for her local group.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- have sth in hand idiom
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
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organize verb [ T ] (MAKE A SYSTEM)
B2 to do or arrange something according to a particular system:
The books were organized on the shelves according to their size.
informal My mother is always trying to organize me (= make me do things in the way she likes).
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- She organizes her financial affairs very efficiently.
- The secretary was busy organizing the files.
- This new program will help you organize your files more efficiently.
- He organized his bibliography into three sections.
- She organized the language classes according to ability.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- arrange
- arrangement
- catalogue
- categorize
- format
- kingdom
- lay sth out
- prioritize
- put sth/sb in a pigeonhole idiom
- range
- reconstruct
- rejig
- scientific
- stream
- topology
- track
- tracking
- triage
- umbrella
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Idiom(s)
couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery