Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Chiefly Brit. Same as
organize .
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- verb British Alternative spelling of
organize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- verb cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
- verb arrange by systematic planning and united effort
- verb form or join a union
- verb create (as an entity)
- verb bring order and organization to
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Examples
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To this day, the library continues to lend books in English, organise educational activities such as story-telling and children's plays, and offer a place where artists can display their works.
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The more we tried to 'organise' it the less it seemed to happen.
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That particular imbroglio brings speedily to mind the words 'organise', 'piss up' and 'brewery' so the idea of a post-Independence Scotland having the ability to organise a Navy is just a 'fall about laughing' matter.
Archive 2007-07-22 2007
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That particular imbroglio brings speedily to mind the words 'organise', 'piss up' and 'brewery' so the idea of a post-Independence Scotland having the ability to organise a Navy is just a 'fall about laughing' matter.
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If I ever get round to buying my first home, that's the first room I want to 'organise'.
TBR orannia 2009
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However, I haven't bothered with some of the more squirrely stuff like "organise" or the double-L vs single-L words.
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When I saw the word "organise" in the description, I knew the creator was British because he used "s" instead of "z" we Americans write "organize".
Go to Milwaukee mj 2008
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They had some tea and buttered scones in a cheaper cafe, where Nellie tried to "organise" another waitress.
The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel John Maurice Miller
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They have made a commonplace of the word "organise"; the alien word is "vitalise."
The Epistles of St. Peter 1817-1893 1910
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"A stronger and clearer framework governing employer rights in workplaces or industries which unions wish to 'organise' is required to prevent unproductive demarcation disputes."
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