Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Functioning in an orderly way or according to a plan.
- adjective Affiliated in an organization, especially a union.
- adjective Having the ability to plan and accomplish things in an orderly fashion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
arranged . - adjective formed into an organization. Opposite of
unorganized . - adjective well-conducted. Opposite of
disorganized . - adjective arranged according to a system or rule.
- adjective being a member of or formed into a labor union; -- of workers, used especially in the phrase “
organized labor‖. Opposite ofnonunion .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a person, characterised by efficient
organisation . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
organize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective formed into a structured or coherent whole
- adjective methodical and efficient in arrangement or function
- adjective being a member of or formed into a labor union
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Examples
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Some liberal groups have begun sending their own supporters detailed instructions on how to counter what they call organized disruptions.
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MATTINGLY: To avoid another raid like it, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants a Federal Polygamy Task Force targeting what he calls organized crime, crossing state lines, and going beyond the sexual abuse of young girls.
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China's premier blames supporters of the Dalai Lama for the escalating violence, which he calls organized and premeditated.
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A Senate leader wants to target what he calls organized crime.
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MATTINGLY: To avoid another raid like it, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants a Federal Polygamy Task Force targeting what he calls organized crime, crossing state lines, and going beyond the sexual abuse of young girls.
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But foremost, they've also used what we refer to as organized torture environments, above the administrative persecution.
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DENISE RAMPOLLA, WIFE: From that point, it's what I call organized chaos.
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DENISE RAMPOLLA, "NEW YOU" PARTICIPANT: From that point, it's what I call organized chaos.
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WALDMAN: The other thing that they did and which I spend a lot of time in the book, is what we call organized grass-roots lobbying.
The Bill: How the Adventures of Clinton's National Service Bill Reveal What is 1995
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But still there are serious problems with what I call the organized forces of destruction -- ethnic, religious, racial hatreds leading to awful wars; the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in tiny amounts, as you saw when the terrible bomb exploded in Oklahoma City or the gas was released in the Japanese subway.
Remarks By The President To Boys Nation ITY National Archives 1995
bilby commented on the word organized
Get organized.
August 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word organized
Ha!
August 26, 2009