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How to spell organized

Organized is spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-E-D.

hear itor·gan·ized/'ɔrɡʌ,naɪzd/verbRules and real life

What it means: To arrange things in a neat or orderly way.

In a sentence: Lisa organized her toys neatly on the shelf.

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Also spelled: organised (accepted as correct).

Same family: organizing, organization, organized-labor, union, collective. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Organized comes from the verb 'organize', which traces back to the Greek word 'organon' meaning a tool or instrument. In the labor sense, 'organized' began to describe workers who had joined together in unions to act as a powerful, unified group.

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