Meaning & use
organized
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Meanings
adjectivecomparable
Good at planning, keeping things in order, and managing time or tasks neatly.
Grammar: Describes people or their habits: she is very organized; more organized.
Patterns
- well organized
- highly organized
My sister is so organized that she plans meals a month ahead.
He keeps a very organized desk with labeled folders.
Being organized saves a lot of time in the morning.
adjectivebefore a noun
Arranged or run according to a clear system or plan, often involving many people.
Grammar: Often comes before a noun: organized crime, organized sport.
Patterns
- organized crime
- organized by someone
The police are investigating an organized crime ring.
Children benefit from organized sports after school.
The trip was well organized from start to finish.
Word forms
| comparative | more organized |
|---|---|
| superlative | most organized |
Common combinations
- highly organized
- The festival was highly organized.
- organized crime
- The city has fought organized crime for years.
- stay organized
- A calendar helps me stay organized.
- well organized
- The files are well organized.
- organized labor
- Organized labor demanded safer conditions.
Synonyms and how they differ
- orderly
- Orderly stresses neatness and tidiness more than planning ability.
- methodical
- Methodical suggests doing things step by step in a fixed way.
- efficient
- Efficient focuses on results with little waste, not on neatness.
Opposites
Word family
- organize verb
- to arrange or plan
- organization noun
- a group, or the act of arranging
- organizer noun
- a person or tool that arranges things
- disorganized adjective
- not well arranged
Commonly confused: organized or organic?
organized vs organic
Organic relates to living things or farming without chemicals; organized means arranged in order.
Practice
Maria never loses documents because she is extremely ____.
Choose one answer.
Organized describes someone who keeps things in order. Organic concerns living matter, organism is a living being, and organizing is a verb form that does not fit after is extremely.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “organized”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.