organize
English
/ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To arrange in working order.
- (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
- (transitive) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
- (transitive) To sing in parts.
- (transitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French organiser derived from Latin organizō, organum (organ, implement, instrument, tool, engine, musical instrument).
Origin
Latin
organum
Gloss
organ, implement, instrument, tool, engine, musical instrument
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coorganizer English
- deorganize English
- inorganize English
- misorganize English
- organise English
- organizability English
- organizable English
- organizer English
- organizeth English
- organum English
- outorganize English
- overorganize English
- preorganize English
- re-organize English
- reorganizability English
- reorganizable English
- reorganize English
- reorganizer English
- unorganizable English
- organizare, organizo Latin
- organizo, organizāre Latin
- organizō Latin
- organum Latin
- Organ German
- organisieren German
- organo Italian
- désorganiser French
- organe French
- organisateur French
- organisation French
- organiser French
- orgue French
- muérgano Spanish, Castilian
- organizar Spanish, Castilian
- órgano Spanish, Castilian
- ὄργανον Ancient Greek
- organ Norwegian Bokmål
- organisere Norwegian Bokmål
- organizar Portuguese
- órgão Portuguese
- organum Middle English
- orgán Irish
- organe Old French
- organizado Esperanto
- organizaĵo Esperanto
- organizi Esperanto
- organizo Esperanto
- orgue Catalan, Valencian
- òrgan Catalan, Valencian
- orgo Galician
- organiza Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- organe Middle Dutch
- organizēt Latvian
- organo Ido
- organiser Middle French
- muérganu Asturian
- vuarzine Friulian
- orgel Old Frisian