# organise

Pronunciation: UK say "AW-guh-nyz" /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/; US say "OR-guh-nyz" /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/

## Verb

1. To plan an event or activity, or arrange for something to be provided, and see to everything needed for it.
   - Simple: To plan an event, or arrange for something you need, and get everything ready.
   - _Local volunteers organise a charity fun run in the park every autumn._
   - _I'll organise a taxi to meet you at the station when your train gets in._
2. To put something into an orderly arrangement so that it functions properly.
   - Simple: To put things into a sensible order so that they work well.
   - _It took the new manager a month to organise the stockroom so that orders could go out on time._
   - _Before the audit, the accountant organised the company's records into a system anyone could follow._
3. To give something a structure of separate parts, each with its own role or relation to the others.
   - Simple: To build a group or system out of parts that each have their own job.
   - _Most armies organise their soldiers into units of a fixed size with set duties._
   - _The founders organised the new party into local branches, each answering to a regional office._
4. To join together, or bring people together, in a union or similar body that can bargain and act as one.
   - Simple: To come together as a union, or bring workers together in one, so they can act as a group.
   - _Staff at the distribution centre voted to organise after years of zero-hours contracts._
   - _Activists have been trying to organise care workers, who are often spread across dozens of small employers._
5. To give something organs and a living structure, making it able to carry out the processes of life.
   - Simple: To give something the organs and body parts it needs to live.

## Other meanings

- (verb) In music, to perform a piece by singing it in several vocal parts, each voice taking its own line.

## Origin

From Middle English organizen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from Medieval Latin organizo, from Latin organum ('organ').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/organise (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).