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| array |
to put in order or position; organize or arrange. [1/5 definitions] |
| clerk |
a person whose job is to record, organize, and keep information so that it is easy to find. [1/2 definitions] |
| codify |
to classify and organize, esp. into a legal code. |
| collectivize |
to organize or reorganize (an economy, business, or industry) based on collective ownership and control of the means of production and distribution. |
| color-code |
to organize, classify, or designate according to color. |
| coordinate |
to order or organize according to a common goal. [1/11 definitions] |
| disorganized |
failing to organize one's tasks, surroundings, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| embody |
to collect or organize into one body or system. [1/3 definitions] |
| engineer |
to make, organize, or manage by skillful craft. [1/5 definitions] |
| format |
to arrange or organize so that a particular appearance is achieved. [1/5 definitions] |
| grade |
to organize or sort by steps or degrees; classify. [1/7 definitions] |
| hold1 |
to organize and carry on; have; conduct. [1/13 definitions] |
| initiative |
the power, energy, or ability to organize or accomplish something. [1/2 definitions] |
| line1 |
to arrange for or organize; make ready (fol. by "up"). [1/21 definitions] |
| Medgar Evers |
American civil rights activist during the 1950s and early sixties. Evers worked to desegregate Mississippi schools, set up voter registration drives, helped organize economic boycotts of white businesses engaging in discrimination, and investigated crimes against black citizens. He was assassinated by a member of a white supremacist group in 1963. (b. 1925--d. 1963). |
| methodize |
to organize in accordance with a method. [1/2 definitions] |
| mobilize |
to assemble, organize, or adapt (industries, supplies, facilities, or the like) for immediate use or service in times of war or states of emergency. [1/4 definitions] |
| order |
to put in order; organize. [1/10 definitions] |
| organized |
tending to organize one's tasks, surroundings, and the like. |
| outorganize |
combined form of organize. |
| overorganize |
combined form of organize. |
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