organizing

UK: /ˈɔːgənaizɪŋ/

From the verb organize: (⇒ conjugate)

organizing is: ⓘ

v pres p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

or•gan•ize /ˈɔrgəˌnaɪz/   v., -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to form (a group) as or into a whole or single body that is made up of parts that depend on each other or that work with each other, esp. for united action:
   [~ + object] to organize a committee.
2. to make (something that lacks order) into something with a system or logical structure:
   [~ + object] organizing her classroom notes.
3. [~ + object] to call together (workers, employees, etc., of a business or workplace) so as to form a labor union.
4. to come together and form a labor union:
   [no object] The workers organized.

or•gan•iz•er, n. [countable] See -orga-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

or•gan•ize  (ôr′gə nīz′), v., -ized, -iz•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, esp. for united action:
   to organize a committee.
2. to systematize:
   to organize the files of an office.
3. to give organic structure or character to:
   to organize the elements of a composition.
4. to enlist or attempt to enlist into a labor union:
   to organize workers.
5. to enlist the employees of (a company) into a labor union;
   unionize:
   to organize a factory.
6. Informal Terms to put (oneself ) in a state of mental competence to perform a task:
   We can't have any slip-ups, so you'd better get organized.

v.i. 

7. to combine in an organized company, party, or the like.
8. to form a labor union:
   Management resisted all efforts to organize.
9. to assume organic structure.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] or′gan•ise′. 

• Medieval Latin organizāre to contrive, arrange = organ(um) organ + -izāre -ize
• late Middle English 1375–1425

or′gan•iz′a•ble, adj. 
or′gan•iz′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. dispose, frame.
• 2. order.

Antonyms

• 1. destroy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

organize, organise / ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz/ verb

1. to form (parts or elements of something) into a structured whole; coordinate
2. (transitive) to arrange methodically or in order
3. (transitive) to provide with an organic structure
4. (transitive) to enlist (the workers) of (a factory, concern, or industry) in a trade union
5. (intransitive) to join or form an organization or trade union
6. (transitive) to put (oneself) in an alert and responsible frame of mind

Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin organizare, from Latin organum organ