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or·gan·ize

 (ôr′gə-nīz′)
v. or·gan·ized, or·gan·iz·ing, or·gan·iz·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To put in order; arrange in an orderly way: organized the papers into files; organized her thoughts before speaking.
b. To cause to have an orderly, functional, or coherent structure: organized the report around three main initiatives. See Synonyms at arrange.
c. To cause (oneself) to act or live in an orderly or planned way: has trouble in school because he can't get organized.
2.
a. To arrange or prepared for (an activity or event): organize a party; organize a strike.
b. To establish as an organization: organize a club. See Synonyms at establish.
3.
a. To induce (employees) to form or join a labor union.
b. To induce the employees of (a business or industry) to form or join a union: organize a factory.
v.intr.
1. To develop into or assume an orderly, functional, or coherent structure.
2. To form or join an activist group, especially a labor union.

[Middle English organisen, from Old French organiser, from Medieval Latin organizāre, from Latin organum, tool, instrument; see organ.]

or′gan·iz′er n.
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organizer

(ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪzə) or

organiser

n
1. a person who organizes or is capable of organizing
2. a container with a number of compartments for storage: hanging organizers to keep your clothes smart.
3. (Genetics) embryol any part of an embryo or any substance produced by it that induces specialization of undifferentiated cells
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or•gan•iz•er

(ˈɔr gəˌnaɪ zər)

n.
1. a person who organizes.
2. a person who enlists employees into membership in a union.
3. a file folder or other container with multiple compartments for sorting the contents.
4. any part of an embryo that stimulates the development and differentiation of another part.
[1840–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.organizer - a person who brings order and organization to an enterpriseorganizer - a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise; "she was the organizer of the meeting"
coordinator - someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously
systematiser, systematizer, systemiser, systemizer, systematist, orderer - an organizer who puts things in order; "Aristotle was a great orderer of ideas"
thinker - someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)
2.organizer - someone who enlists workers to join a unionorganizer - someone who enlists workers to join a union
union representative - a representative for a labor union
3.organizer - a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasksorganizer - 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.
electronic device - a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically
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organizer

noun planner, manager, administrator, supervisor, superintendent, overseer the organizers of the event
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Translations
arrangørorganisator
organisateuragenda électronique
megszervezőszervező
skipuleggjandi
organizátor
organizator
düzenleyiciorganizatör

organizer

[ˈɔːgənaɪzəʳ] Norganizador(a) m/f
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organizer

[ˈɔːrgənaɪzər] n [event, activity] → organisateur/trice m/f
to be a good organizer → être un bon organisateur or une bonne organisatrice
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organizer

n
Organisator(in) m(f), → Veranstalter(in) m(f); (of sports event)Ausrichter(in) m(f)
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organizer

[ˈɔːgəˌnaɪzəʳ] norganizzatore/trice
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organize,

organise

(ˈoːgənaiz) verb
1. to arrange or prepare (something), usually requiring some time or effort. They organized a conference.
2. to make into a society etc. He organized the workers into a trade union.
ˈorganizer, ˈorganiser noun
ˌorganiˈzation, ˌorganiˈsation noun
1. a group of people working together for a purpose. a business organization.
2. the act of organizing. Efficiency depends on the organization of one's work.
3. the state of being organized. This report lacks organization.
ˈorganized, ˈorganised adjective
1. efficient. She's a very organized person.
2. well-arranged. an organized report.
3. having been planned. an organized protest.
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They drank to Bekleshev, Naryshkin, Uvarov, Dolgorukov, Apraksin, Valuev, to the committee, to all the Club members and to all the Club guests, and finally to Count Ilya Rostov separately, as the organizer of the banquet.
Hurd, the great charity organizer; Philip Ward, the equally great philanthropist; and several lesser luminaries in the field of morality and charity.
Seal's feelings), for she was certain that the great organizers always pounce, to begin with, upon trifles like these, and build up their triumphant reforms upon a basis of absolute solidity; and, without acknowledging it for a moment, Mary Datchet was determined to be a great organizer, and had already doomed her society to reconstruction of the most radical kind.
The greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of every deviltry, the controlling brain of the underworld, a brain which might have made or marred the destiny of nations--that's the man!
The madness of that Carlist with the soul of a Jacobin, the vile fears of Baron H., that excellent organizer of supplies, the contact of their two ferocious stupidities, and last, by a remote disaster at sea, my love brought into direct contact with the situation: all that was enough to make one shudder - not at the chance, but at the design.
"You talk like an organizer," Bert sneered, "shovin' the bull con on the boneheads.
Hubbard had little aptitude as an organizer; Bell had none; and Sanders was held fast by his leather interests.
He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city.
That great organizer appointed supreme magistrates of a court which is absolutely unique in the world.
He appears to have been one of those Russian parasites who lead an idle existence abroad, spending the summer at some spa, and the winter in Paris, to the greater profit of the organizers of public balls.
The Norman genius, talent for affairs as its main basis, with strenuousness and clear rapidity for its excellence, hardness and insolence for its defect.' The Germanic (Anglo-Saxon and 'Danish') element explains, then, why uneducated Englishmen of all times have been thick-headed, unpleasantly self-assertive, and unimaginative, but sturdy fighters; and the Norman strain why upper-class Englishmen have been self-contained, inclined to snobbishness, but vigorously aggressive and persevering, among the best conquerors, organizers, and administrators in the history of the world.
The leaders and organizers were maintained by the businessmen directly--aldermen and legislators by means of bribes, party officials out of the campaign funds, lobbyists and corporation lawyers in the form of salaries, contractors by means of jobs, labor union leaders by subsidies, and newspaper proprietors and editors by advertisements.

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