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# organized

verb past and past participle (organize, organizes, organized, organizing); adjective (organized, more organized)

«organized» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Organized means put in a neat order, or sorted into groups. She organized her books by size. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#m1)
2. Organized means planned and set up: he organized a party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#m2)
3. An organized person keeps things tidy and plans ahead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: things sorted into groups or rows; an event that was planned; data organized in a table or chart. In everyday life: an organized desk, an organized trip. In science: organizing results in a table to see patterns. In stories: a well-organized team, an organized plan.

### Examples

- She organized her 24 stickers into 4 rows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#x1)
- He organized a party for 12 friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#x2)
- The cards are organized into 3 piles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#x3)
- The class organized a bake sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#x4)
- We organized the data in a tally chart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#x5)
- My sister is very organized; she plans everything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#x6)
- The books are organized by colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#x7)
- The school organized a trip to the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/#x8)

### Note

Organizing into equal groups often means divide: per group = total ÷ groups. Trap: if the groups are not equal, you cannot just divide. Spelling: organized (USA, Canada; also used in the UK) and organised (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland). Opposite: disorganized, messy.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «organized» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organized/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«organized» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/organized.html) on Mova free.