Other forms: organized, organizing, organizes
To organize is to put things in order, or to plan an event. Organize the files, organize a party, well organized.
This is the American spelling; British English accepts both organize and organise, and Oxford has always preferred the z. It also means to form a group for a purpose: organize a union, organized labour. Organized crime is the standard term for criminal groups run as businesses. Note organizer, both the person and the diary; and disorganized, which is a common and mild criticism.
1verborganizeTo put things in order.
“She organized her books by colour, so the shelves looked like a rainbow.”
2verbplanTo plan and arrange an event.
“My sister organized a surprise party for our parents' anniversary.”
organize is a putting in order.
Also accepted in games: organise
Medieval Latin organizare comes from organum, an instrument or tool, from Greek organon. An organization is something with working parts, like an instrument — and the body's organs are the same word.
Medieval Latin
organizō
Middle French
organiser
Middle English
organizen
English, today
organize
From Middle English organizen, from Middle French organiser, from Medieval Latin organizō. From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”). by surface analysis, organ + -ize.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA