How do you pronounce organized?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/.

organized

/ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: or-gan-ized
IPA: /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/

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Meaning

adj

Of things or settings, having been organized; in good order.

adj

Of a person, characterized by efficient organization.

adj

Unionized.

verb

simple past and past participle of organize

adj

Of a musical instrument, having keys (like an organ); keyed.

Example Sentences

"Your desk is so organized!"
"Your desk is so neat and tidy — I've never met someone so organized before!"
"If young persons of both sexes were brought together in the honest practical relations of organized labor, we should see no more of these fond nympholepsies"
"The original concert advertisement including his name mentions “An Aria with accompaniment of organized trumpet, sung by Mlle. Gassmann, the words of which are by Herr Lieutenant [Giovanni de] v. Gamerra, poet of the Imperial Royal Court Theatre, the music by Herr Franz Xaver Süssmayer [sic], Kapellmeister of the I.R. Court Theatre.”"

Etymology

From organ (“musical instrument”) + -ize, calque of German organisierte/organisirte.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/
British English: /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/

Inflected Forms

more organized (comparative) most organized (superlative) organised (alternative, British) organizized (alternative, deliberate)

Derived Forms

disorganized hyperorganized inorganized malorganized nonorganized organizedly preorganized semiorganized superorganized underorganized unorganized

Phrases

organized baseball organized religion well-organized organized crime

Synonyms

unionized organised unionised

Antonyms

disorganized cluttered disarrayed messy chaotic unorganized ununionized

Rhymes With

disorganized reorganized unorganized