couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

organize | American Dictionary

organize
verb[ T ]
us/ˈɔr·ɡəˌnɑɪz/

organizeverb[T] (PLAN)

to make the necessary plans for something to happen; arrange:
The group organizes theater trips once a month.
They organized a meeting between the students and teachers.

organizeverb[T] (MAKE A SYSTEM)

to do or arrange something according to a particular system:
She had organized her work so that she could do some of it at home.

organizer

noun[ C ]us/ˈɔr·ɡəˌnɑɪ·zər/
a union organizer

organize | Business English

organize
verb
(UK alsoorganise)uk /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/us
[ T ]
to do or arrange things, plans, ideas, etc., according to a particular system so that they can be used or understood easily:
I am trying to organize my office so I can work more efficiently.
He will need some help organizing his schedule for the coming month.
The department is organized into three groups, each with its own area of responsibility.
organize sth by sthThe conference program is organized by topic.
[ T ]
to make arrangements for something to happen:
This event was organized by a committee of city employees and local business owners.
She has been designated to organize the meeting.
They had organized a car to pick me up at the airport.
[ I or T ] HR, WORKPLACE
to form, join, or help someone to join a trade union:
Labor unions are pushing a bill in the legislature that would make it easier for them to organize.

Examples of organize

organize
The rest of the paper is organized as follows.
The remainder of the paper is organized as follows.
The rest of this paper is organized as follows.
The remainder of this paper is organized as follows.
The style of writing is rigorous and clear, and the material is well organized.
They are retinotopically organized and too fast for an involvement of higher-level representations.
Where communities are less well organized, the ability to use events to improve policy is reduced, even if policy making appears to be event-driven.
The remaining sections of this paper is organized as follows.
The rules for organizing frameworks and assigning surfaces to them are complex and not fully-understood.
In a second step, codification tables were created and material was organized according to these themes.
If the cortex were organized in this manner, one would suspect that experimental results would have established such themes, as it has for subcortical structures.
This review of assessment research might be organized around assessment or curriculum themes.
While the volume is not organized according to themes, a number of themes emerge.
Municipalities in charge of organizing services (thereby determining the need for staff) have no say in higher education policy.
Thus, in my view, it is an advantage to organize the analysis in those terms.
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