organize

verb

(transitive) To arrange in working order.

(transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.

(transitive, intransitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.

(transitive, chiefly used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life

(transitive, music) To sing in parts.

Roots

organonorgan- · Greek · instrument, tool

Synonyms for organize

coordinatev unionizev devisev arrangev systematizev schematizev assemblev systemizev prearrangev categorizev

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