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organized¹

  • /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/ US
  • /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/ UK

adjective more organized · most organized · organised · organizized

  1. Of things or settings, having been organized; in good order. Your desk is so organized!

    Opposite: disorganized, cluttered, disarrayed, messy, chaotic

  2. Of a person, characterized by efficient organization. Your desk is so neat and tidy — I've never met someone so organized before!

    Opposite: disorganized, messy

  3. Unionized. If young persons of both sexes were brought together in the honest practical relations of organized labor, we should see no more of these fond nympholepsies

    Similar: unionized · Opposite: unorganized, ununionized

verb organised · organizized

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of organize

organized²

  • /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/ US
  • /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/ UK

Where it comes from

From organ (“musical instrument”) + -ize, calque of German organisierte/organisirte.

adjective more organized · most organized · organised · organizized

  1. rare Of a musical instrument, having keys (like an organ); keyed. The original concert advertisement including his name mentions “An Aria with accompaniment of organized trumpet, sung by Mlle. Gassmann, the words of which are by Herr Lieutenant [Giovanni de] v. Gamerra, poet of the Imperial Royal Court Theatre, the music by Herr Franz Xaver Süssmayer [sic], Kapell

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: methodical, union, designed, reorganized, corporate, ordered, unionized, orderly, incorporated, arranged, configured, formed, re-formed, regulated, well-conducted, structured

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adj characterised by efficient organization

Españolorganizado
हिन्दीव्यवस्थित vyavasthit, संगठित saṅgṭhit, सुसंगठित susaṅgṭhit
Portuguêsorganizado, arrumado
Françaisorganisé
Deutschordentlich
Italianoorganizzato
Ελληνικάοργανωμένος organoménos
Românăorganizat
Русскийорганизованный organizovannyj

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@misc{organized_2026,
  title = {organized},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/organized},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}