ORGANISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does organise mean? 

• ORGANISE (verb)
  The verb ORGANISE has 6 senses:

1. bring order and organization to

2. create (as an entity)

3. form or join a union

4. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

5. arrange by systematic planning and united effort

6. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

  Familiarity information: ORGANISE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORGANISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they organise    ... he / she / it organises   
Past simple: organised   
Past participle: organised   
-ing form: organising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring order and organization to

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

coordinate; organise; organize

Context example:

Can you help me organize my files?

Hypernyms (to "organise" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organise"):

interlock; mesh (coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively)

structure (give a structure to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

organisation (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

organisation (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized)

organisation (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)

organisation (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Create (as an entity)

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

form; organise; organize

Context example:

They formed a company

Hypernyms (to "organise" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organise"):

regroup; reorganise; reorganize (organize anew, as after a setback)

choose up (form sides, as for a game)

draw up (form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers)

regiment (form (military personnel) into a regiment)

syndicate (organize into or form a syndicate)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

organisation (the act of forming or establishing something)

organisation (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

organisation (a group of people who work together)

organisation (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form or join a union

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

organise; organize; unionise; unionize

Context example:

The auto workers decided to unionize

Hypernyms (to "organise" is one way to...):

fall in; get together; join (become part of; become a member of a group or organization)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

organisation (the act of forming or establishing something)

organisation (a group of people who work together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

organise; organize

Hypernyms (to "organise" is one way to...):

care; deal; handle; manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organise"):

arrange; order; put; set up (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events)

collectivise; collectivize (bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises)

reorganise; reorganize; shake up (organize anew)

territorialise; territorialize (organize as a territory)

rationalise; rationalize (structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

disorganise (remove the organization from)

Derivation:

organisation (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically)

organisation (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

organisation (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized)

organisation (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

devise; get up; machinate; organise; organize; prepare

Context example:

devise a plan to take over the director's office

Hypernyms (to "organise" is one way to...):

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organise"):

mount; put on (prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance)

lay (prepare or position for action or operation)

set up (begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.)

sandwich (make into a sandwich)

spatchcock (prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock)

embattle (prepare for battle or conflict)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

organisation (the act of forming or establishing something)

organisation (a group of people who work together)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

direct; engineer; mastermind; orchestrate; organise; organize

Context example:

he masterminded the robbery

Hypernyms (to "organise" is one way to...):

plan (make plans for something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "organise"):

choreograph (plan and oversee the development and details of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

organisation (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically)

organisation (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

organisation (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

 Context examples 

It was a pity that we had not some better organised plan of attack, for even at the moment I wondered what we were to do.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Earlier findings from the Cambridge group had shown that embryonic stem cells could self-organise in culture into structures with an antero-posterior polarity.

(Scientists develop mouse ‘embryo-like structures’ with organisation along body’s major axes, University of Cambridge)

He was armed with the weapons of the slain guards—a live arsenal that fled through the hills pursued by the organised might of society.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

By adding the PESCs, the team was able to see their ‘embryo’ undergo gastrulation, organising itself into the three body layers that all animals have.

(Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells, University of Cambridge)

According to Virginie Hess, who partly organised the consultation, the lack of information and control is pointed at.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

RNAs carry information between protein and DNA in cells, and Professor Jaramillo has proved that these molecules can be produced and organised into tailor-made sequences of commands, similar to codes for computer software, which feed specific instructions into cells, programming them to do what we want.

(Cells Programmed Like Computers to Fight Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The study shows that gastruloids organise themselves with regard to the three main body axes, as they do in embryos, and follow similar patterns of gene expression.

(Scientists develop mouse ‘embryo-like structures’ with organisation along body’s major axes, University of Cambridge)

Following complaints about mobile phone antennae a consultation was organised by the Walloon Region in Belgium.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

The team, led by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz at the University of Cambridge have developed the embryo-like structures, using three types of stem cells which let them reconstruct a process known as gastrulation, an essential step in which the embryonic cells being self-organising into the correct structure for an embryo to form.

(Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells, University of Cambridge)