organize English · revision 10686

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1413|origins=frm organiser|origins=la-med organizare}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈɔː.ɡən.aɪz/, US /ˈɔːr.ɡən.aɪz/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|organizāre]], partly through Middle French organiser,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Latin organum, instrument, tool (see [[organ]]), and -izāre (see [[-ize]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In medical writing, to give structure to, furnish with organs: 1413 in Barnhart and the OED, about 1400 in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The general sense, to put into working order, form into a coordinated whole, is first recorded in 1632, the 1630s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) To become organic, form living tissue, is from 1880.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) To make arrangements for a person is from 1892,^(OED 1989) and to arrange or provide something personally from 1952.^(OED 1989) To form or join a trade union or other organized group is a modern American use.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) ''Organization'' is probably from before 1425, first bodily structure.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1413 – to furnish with organs.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1425 – organization.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1632 – to form into a coordinated whole.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1880 – to become organic.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1952 – to arrange (something).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To arrange into an orderly, structured whole; to [[systematize]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To plan and arrange an event or activity.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To form or enlist workers into a trade union.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[organizer]]

+ * [[organizable]]

+ * [[organizability]]

+ * [[disorganize]]

+ * [[misorganize]]

+ * [[outorganize]]

+ * [[overorganize]]

+ * [[preorganize]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[organ]]

+ * [[organism]]

+ * [[organization]]

+ * [[organic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}