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ORGANIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring order and organization to

Example:

Can you help me organize my files?

Synonyms:

coordinate; organise; organize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "organize" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organize"):

structure (give a structure to)

interlock; mesh (coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

organization (the act of forming or establishing something)

organization (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically)

organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

organization (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized)

organization (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)

organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

organizer (a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.)

organizer (a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

Example:

he masterminded the robbery

Synonyms:

direct; engineer; mastermind; orchestrate; organise; organize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "organize" is one way to...):

plan (make plans for something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organize"):

choreograph (plan and oversee the development and details of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

organization (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically)

organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

organizer (someone who enlists workers to join a union)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

Example:

devise a plan to take over the director's office

Synonyms:

devise; get up; machinate; organise; organize; prepare

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "organize" is one way to...):

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organize"):

mount; put on (prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance)

lay (prepare or position for action or operation)

set up (begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.)

sandwich (make into a sandwich)

spatchcock (prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock)

embattle (prepare for battle or conflict)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

organization (a group of people who work together)

organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

organization (the act of forming or establishing something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

Synonyms:

organise; organize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "organize" is one way to...):

care; deal; handle; manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organize"):

collectivise; collectivize (bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises)

reorganise; reorganize; shake up (organize anew)

territorialise; territorialize (organize as a territory)

rationalise; rationalize (structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results)

arrange; order; put; set up (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

disorganize (remove the organization from)

Derivation:

organization (the act of forming or establishing something)

organization (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically)

organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Form or join a union

Example:

The auto workers decided to unionize

Synonyms:

organise; organize; unionise; unionize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "organize" is one way to...):

fall in; get together; join (become part of; become a member of a group or organization)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

organization (the act of forming or establishing something)

organization (a group of people who work together)

organizer (someone who enlists workers to join a union)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Create (as an entity)

Example:

They formed a company

Synonyms:

form; organise; organize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "organize" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organize"):

regroup; reorganise; reorganize (organize anew, as after a setback)

choose up (form sides, as for a game)

draw up (form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers)

regiment (form (military personnel) into a regiment)

syndicate (organize into or form a syndicate)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

organization (the act of forming or establishing something)

organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

organization (a group of people who work together)

organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

Credits

 Context examples: 

An organized collection of records that describe a particular body of data.

(Document, NCI Thesaurus)

An organized representation of information in publishable, human-readable form (that persists over time).

(Document, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

When CTLs are activated by recognition of specific antigen on a cell, they release perforin proteins that integrate into the membrane of the target cell and organize to form a membrane pore.

(CTL-mediated Immune Response Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

In religion, describes a group whose members are organized under a common name and set of rules and have common beliefs and practices.

(Denomination, NCI Dictionary)

A person responsible for organizing multiple events or efforts into a smaller number of tasks.

(Coordinator, NCI Thesaurus)

Ganymede's ocean might be organized like a Dagwood sandwich, said Steve Vance of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, explaining the moon's resemblance to the Blondie cartoon character's multi-tiered sandwiches.

(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)

A small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus that contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules.

(Centrosome, NCI Thesaurus)

Instead of being organized as one large, grid-like network such as in skeletal muscle, the mitochondrial circuits in the heart are arranged in parallel rows that form several smaller subnetworks, the researchers found.

(Researchers discover mitochondrial “circuit breaker” that protects heart from damage, NIH)

An organized network called the cytoskeleton helps cells maintain their shape and organization.

(Microtubules’ role in heart cell contraction revealed, NIH)

A classic example is collagen, which forms connective tissue in our bodies and is strong and flexible because of how it is organized.

(New technique helps engineer water filters, human tissues, National Science Foundation)