ORGANIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does organized mean? 

• ORGANIZED (adjective)
  The adjective ORGANIZED has 3 senses:

1. formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale

2. methodical and efficient in arrangement or function

3. being a member of or formed into a labor union

  Familiarity information: ORGANIZED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORGANIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale

Context example:

organized medicine

Similar:

arranged (planned in advance)

configured (organized so as to give configuration to)

corporate; incorporated (organized and maintained as a legal corporation)

re-formed (formed again or anew)

reorganised; reorganized (organized again)

Also:

structured (having definite and highly organized structure)

Antonym:

unorganized (not having or belonging to a structured whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Methodical and efficient in arrangement or function

Context example:

his life was almost too organized

Similar:

methodical (characterized by method and orderliness)

well-conducted (characterized by good organization and control)

Also:

systematic (characterized by order and planning)

Antonym:

disorganized (lacking order or methodical arrangement or function)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Being a member of or formed into a labor union

Synonyms:

organised; organized; unionised; unionized

Context example:

a unionized shop

Similar:

union (of trade unions)

 Context examples 

An organized collection of records that describe a particular body of data.

(Document, NCI Thesaurus)

An organized representation of information in publishable, human-readable form (that persists over time).

(Document, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Get organized, but try not to make binding or long-term decisions until after March 9, the date Mercury turns direct.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The NCI research portfolio is organized around the CSO categories.

(Common Scientific Outline NCI, NCI Thesaurus)

The spatial orientation of the cervical cells is often aberrant due to the lack of an organized growth process. 2005

(Cervical Atypia, NCI Thesaurus)

The order in which elements are organized within an arm of a clinical trial.

(Element Order, NCI Thesaurus)

In religion, describes a group whose members are organized under a common name and set of rules and have common beliefs and practices.

(Denomination, NCI Dictionary)

A disorder characterized by an electrocardiographic finding of an organized, regular atrial rhythm with atrial rate of 240-340 beats per minute.

(Atrial Flutter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A disorder characterized by a dysrhythmia with organized rhythmic atrial contractions with a rate of 200-300 beats per minute.

(Atrial Flutter, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

An electrocardiographic finding of an organized, regular atrial rhythm with atrial rate of 240-340 beats per minute.

(Atrial Flutter by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)