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organised

organised is the alternative spelling of organized.

organised is the simple past and past participle of organise.

Meaning of organized

Adjective (1)

organized (comparative more organized, superlative most organized)

  1. Of things or settings, having been organized; in good order.
    • Your desk is so organized!
  2. Of a person, characterized by efficient organization.
    • Your desk is so neat and tidy — I've never met someone so organized before!
    Antonyms:
    disorganized, messy
  3. (labour) Unionized.
    • 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 nympholepsies1852, Mary Edgewood Lazarus, Love Vs. Marriage: Part 1, page 292
    Synonyms:
    unionized

Adjective (2)

organized (comparative more organized, superlative most organized)

  1. (rare) Of a musical instrument, having keys (like an organ); keyed.
    • 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]...2015, Bryan Proksch, “Anton Weidinger’s Repertoire for the Keyed trumpet”, in Historic Brass Society Journal, volume 27, →DOI, page 15

Meaning of organise

Verb

organise (third-person singular simple present organises, present participle organising, simple past and past participle organised)

  1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of organize.
    • The Lancashire Tradesmen's Association organises craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workmen on the surface other than the manipulators of coal, enginemen, boilermen and locomen; it also organises skilled craftsmen underground, although some craftsmen are organised by the Lancashire Area, which...1948, Report of the National Executive Committee [to The] Annual Conference, National Union of Mineworkers

Forms of organised

comparativemore organised
superlativemost organised
alternative formorganized

Origin of organised

From organise + -ed.

Words formed from organised

Phrases with organised

Questions about organised

What is organised the alternative spelling of?
Organised is the alternative spelling of organized.

Words near organised in the dictionary

  1. organisational chart
  2. organisational charts
  3. organisationally
  4. organisations
  5. organise
  6. organised
  7. organised crime
  8. organised religion
  9. organised religions
  10. organiser
  11. organisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: organised (page history and authors); organized (page history and authors); organise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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