organise
part of speech
verb (organise, organises, organised, organising; US organize)
meaning for a pupil
1) To organise something is to plan and arrange it: organise a party, a trip or a game. tree →
2) To organise things is to put them in order: organise your pencil case. tree →
3) To organise people is to get them to work together for a goal, such as a club or a protest. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school: organise your work, your time, a class event or a fundraiser. In everyday life: organise a birthday party. In maths and science: organise data in a table or chart.
examples
- We organised a cake sale for charity. tree →
- Organise your books by size. tree →
- Mum organised a surprise party for Dad. tree →
- Organise your results in a table. tree →
- The class organised a litter pick in the park. tree →
- She is good at organising her time. tree →
- Who is organising the school trip? tree →
note
UK -ise, US -ize; both correct. Noun: organisation (a group, or the act of organising); adjective: organised (tidy and good at planning). Opposite: disorganised.
In the corpora
- In non-fiction, headings, subheadings and signposts such as "Firstly, secondly, finally" organise the text.
- A non-chronological report organises facts by topic, not by time, usually in the present tense with headings.
- Mia organised a building competition with three themes and a fair rule: nobody judges their own build.
- The Persian Empire was well organised and fairly tolerant for its time, not the monster army shown in the film 300.
- Christians belong to different families of churches called denominations; they share the same core beliefs but have different traditions and ways of organising.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «organise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.