"organized" in the verb sense
1. form, organize, organise
create (as an entity
"social groups form everywhere"
"They formed a company"
2. organize, organise
cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
3. mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
plan and direct (a complex undertaking
"he masterminded the robbery"
4. organize, organise, coordinate
bring order and organization to
"Can you help me organize my files?"
5. organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
arrange by systematic planning and united effort
"machinate a plot"
"organize a strike"
"devise a plan to take over the director's office"
6. unionize, unionise, organize, organise
form or join a union
"The auto workers decided to unionize"
"organized" in the adjective sense
1. organized
formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale
"organized medicine"
2. organized
methodical and efficient in arrangement or function
"how well organized she is"
"his life was almost too organized"
3. organized, organised, unionized, unionised
being a member of or formed into a labor union
"organized labor"
"unionized workers"
"a unionized shop"
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