organized also Brit organised adjective
1 a : arranged into a formal group with leaders and with rules for doing or planning things
▪ organized baseball [=the sport of baseball and its teams, members, leaders, and rules] ▪ organized religion [=religion that has large numbers of followers and a set of rules that must be followed] ▪ organized crime [=a large group of professional criminals who work as part of a powerful and secret organization]
b : arranged into or belonging to a labor union
▪ organized mine workers ▪ organized labor [=labor unions as a group] 2 [more organized; most organized] : arranged or planned in a particular way
▪ They ran a well-organized political campaign. ▪ a poorly organized meeting 3 [more organized; most organized] a : having things arranged in a neat and effective way
▪ an organized office ▪ His office is a mess. He needs to get organized. [=he needs to organize his office]
b : able to keep things arranged in a neat or effective way
▪ She's a very organized person. — opposite disorganized
▪ organized baseball [=the sport of baseball and its teams, members, leaders, and rules] ▪ organized religion [=religion that has large numbers of followers and a set of rules that must be followed] ▪ organized crime [=a large group of professional criminals who work as part of a powerful and secret organization]
b : arranged into or belonging to a labor union
▪ organized mine workers ▪ organized labor [=labor unions as a group]
▪ They ran a well-organized political campaign. ▪ a poorly organized meeting
▪ an organized office ▪ His office is a mess. He needs to get organized. [=he needs to organize his office]
b : able to keep things arranged in a neat or effective way
▪ She's a very organized person. — opposite disorganized
