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Organise

Definitions: Organise

Organise

Verb

1. Bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?".

2. Create, as of a social group or a company, for example.

3. Form or join a union.

4. Cause to be organized.

5. Arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office".

6. Plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "organise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references)


Synonyms: Organise

Synonyms: coordinate (v), devise (v), direct (v), engineer (v), form (v), get up (v), machinate (v), mastermind (v), orchestrate (v), organize (v), prepare (v), unionize (v). (additional references)
Antonym: disorganize (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Organise

Specialty definitions using "organise": dumpster divingEMBLA Profill-out formInformation Innovation, Information Resource ManagementMazzini-ism, middle managementOnline Public Access CatalogProsperosecond line management. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Organise" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (organizes).

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Commercial Usage: Organise

DomainTitle

Books

  • Organise or Starve (reference)

  • Organise! Organise! Organise!: A Study of Reform Agitations in Wales, 1840-1886 (Studies in Welsh History, Vol 6) (reference)

  • The pleasure of your company: how to give a party, make a speech, organise a wedding, dinner-dance, cricket match, garden fête, etc (reference)

  • How to organise a local collection (reference)

  • How to Organise and Operate a Small Business in Australia (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Organise

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

If the proletariat during its contest with the bourgeoisie is compelled, by the force of circumstances, to organise itself as a class, if, by means of a revolution, it makes itself the ruling class, and, as such, sweeps away by force the old conditions of production, then it will, along with these conditions, have swept away the conditions for the existence of class antagonisms and of classes generally, and will thereby have abolished its own supremacy as a class. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Organise

"Organise" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 81.64% of the time. "Organise" is used about 1,203 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)81.64%9827,460
Lexical Verb (base form)16.78%20221,454
Noun (singular)1.41%1785,106
Noun (proper)0.17%2245,945
                    Total100.00%1,203N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Organise

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "organise": organise-it-yourself.

Ending with "organise": re-organise.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Organise

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

business conference organise

30

organise voyage

25

organise seminar

21

organise

19

consumer organise show

18

launch organise product

16

fair organise trade

16

learning organise

4

organise poubelle

3

organise business travel

3

cyprus in organise wedding

3

corporate golf organise

3

comment organise s une ville

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Organise

Language Translations for "organise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

نظم (regulate, to organise), رتب (put in order, to organise). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

组织 (Listserv, organisation, organised, Organization, organizational, organizationally, Organize, organized, Organizing, tissue). (various references)

   

Danish

  

de ansattes transportudgifter mellem bopæl og arbejdssted,undtagen når de producerende enheder selv organiserer denne transport (except where the producer units themselves organise the transport, the travelling expenses of employees in commuting between home and work). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kosten van het vervoer der werknemers tussen hun woon-en hun werkplaats,behalve wanneer de produktie-eenheden dit vervoer zelf verrichten (except where the producer units themselves organise the transport, the travelling expenses of employees in commuting between home and work). (various references)

   

French

  

les frais de transport des salariés entre lieu d'habitation et lieu de travail,sauf lorsque les unités productrices organisent elles-mêmes le transport de leurs salariés (except where the producer units themselves organise the transport), droit syndical (right to organise, right to organize). (various references)

   

German

  

Aufwendungen für den Transport von Arbeitnehmern zwischen Wohn-und Arbeitsstätte,auβer wenn der Transport durch die Arbeitgeber eingerichtet ist (except where the producer units themselves organise the transport, the travelling expenses of employees in commuting between home and work). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οργανώνω (mastermind, organize). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

memperbadani (organise into a group). (various references)

   

Italian

  

organizzare (arrange, organize, plan, put on, stage). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

편성하십시" (Organize). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

organiseay

   

Portuguese

  

os custos de transporte dos trabalhadores entre o local de habitação e o local de trabalho,excepto quando são as próprias unidades produtivas a organizar o transporte dos seus trabalhadores (except where the producer units themselves organise the transport, the travelling expenses of employees in commuting between home and work). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

organizar (arrange, array, be organized, catalog, catalogue, categorize, do organized, drum up, get organized, get up, give, host, light, line up, live up, make organized, organize, put together, stage, tell off). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

organisera (Mount, organize). (various references)

   

Thai

  

จั"ตั้ง (organize), จั"ระบบ (organize). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Organise

Derivations

Words beginning with "organise": organised, organiser, organisers, organises. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Organise

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-o-r-s"

-1 letter: agonies, agonise, earings, erasing, erasion, eringos, gainers, ignores, onagers, oranges, origans, reagins, regains, reginas, regions, searing, seringa, signora, signore, soaring.

-2 letters: agones, angers, argons, ariose, arisen, arseno, arsine, arsino, earing, easing, eringo, gainer, genoas, genros, girons, goners, grains, grison, groans, groins, ignore, irones, norias, nosier, oaring, onager, onagri, orange, orangs, organs, orgies.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-o-r-s"
 

+1 letter: geraniols, grandiose, orangiest, organdies, organised, organiser, organises, organizes, reasoning, regionals, resoaking.

 

+2 letters: aborigines, aggression, agrimonies, agronomies, angiosperm, aragonites, coarsening, designator, garrisoned, girandoles, gormandise, gramineous, hoarsening, ignorances, jargonizes, morganites, neuroglias, omniranges, orangeries, organisers, organizers, organzines, originates, oversaving, presoaking, rearousing, reasonings, recoinages, resonating, rosemaling, saprogenic, seignorage, seignorial.

 

+3 letters: afforesting, aggressions, anagnorises, ancestoring, androgynies, angiosperms, carcinogens, cinemagoers, denigrators, derogations, designators, designatory, disorganize, dragonflies, emigrations, ergotamines, forecasting, foretasting, forswearing, generations, gormandised, gormandises, gormandizes, gourmandise, grandiosely, ignoramuses, integrators, invigorates, legionaries, lowercasing, negotiators, nitrogenase, nonearnings, operagoings, outswearing, overcasting, overpassing, oversalting, oversaucing, oversoaking, overstating, overstaying, overtasking, personating, reabsorbing, reassorting, regionalism, regionalist, regulations, relegations, reorganizes, reseasoning, resignation, rosemalings, segregation, seigniorage, seignorages, semaphoring, signatories, spermagonia, subregional, unreasoning, vainglories, warehousing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Organise


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 72 67 61 6E 69 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110010 01100111 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#114 &#103 &#97 &#110 &#105 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0072 0067 0061 006E 0069 0073 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4984736780758571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Historic
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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Arabies, arabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic;
Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese;
Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
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Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Indonesies, indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, Indonesiu, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亚语, 印度尼西亞語 , indonéský, indonéština, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonesialainen, indonésien, Yndonesysk, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, Indtasisian, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, indones, Indonesyo, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійський, індонезійська мова, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a, for Indonesian;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
korean, ‏كوري شمالي, ‏اللغة الكورية, ‏كوري جنوبي, ‏كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Tailandes, 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰国, 泰 , thailænder, Thailander, Thai, Thais, thailendskt, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 泰語 , たい", 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, คนไทย, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tayland, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський, for Thai;