ORGANIZE

organize, organise, coordinate

(verb) bring order and organization to; “Can you help me organize my files?”

mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate

(verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking); “he masterminded the robbery”

organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate

(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort; “machinate a plot”; “organize a strike”; “devise a plan to take over the director’s office”

organize, organise

(verb) cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

unionize, unionise, organize, organise

(verb) form or join a union; “The auto workers decided to unionize”

form, organize, organise

(verb) create (as an entity); “social groups form everywhere”; “They formed a company”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

organize (third-person singular simple present organizes, present participle organizing, simple past and past participle organized)

(transitive) To arrange in working order.

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

(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.

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

Anagrams

• agonizer

Source: Wiktionary


Or"gan*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Organized; p. pr. & vb. n. Organizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. organiser, Gr. Organ.]

1. (Biol.)

Definition: To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; -- in this sense used chiefly in the past participle. These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce. Ray.

2. To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order;

– applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc. This original and supreme will organizes the government. Cranch.

3. (Mus.)

Definition: To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [R.] Busby.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.

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