methodize

verb

Definition of methodizenext
as in to organize

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How does the verb methodize contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of methodize are arrange, marshal, order, organize, and systematize. While all these words mean "to put persons or things into their proper places in relation to each other," methodize suggests imposing an orderly procedure rather than a fixed scheme.

methodizes every aspect of daily living

In what contexts can arrange take the place of methodize?

The words arrange and methodize are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, arrange implies a setting in sequence, relationship, or adjustment.

arranged the files numerically

When might marshal be a better fit than methodize?

The synonyms marshal and methodize are sometimes interchangeable, but marshal suggests gathering and arranging in preparation for a particular operation or effective use.

marshaling the facts for argument

When can order be used instead of methodize?

Although the words order and methodize have much in common, order suggests a straightening out so as to eliminate confusion.

ordered her business affairs

When would organize be a good substitute for methodize?

While in some cases nearly identical to methodize, organize implies arranging so that the whole aggregate works as a unit with each element having a proper function.

organized the volunteers into teams

When is it sensible to use systematize instead of methodize?

In some situations, the words systematize and methodize are roughly equivalent. However, systematize implies arranging according to a predetermined scheme.

systematized billing procedures

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for methodize
  1. organize
  2. systematize
  3. codify
  4. standardize
  5. order
  6. equalize
  7. normalize
  8. regularize
Verb
  • From organizing food drives to donating recycling proceeds to global projects, EOLO is proof that small acts can scale.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The forty-three students in Tate’s charge visited all the city’s major sites, plus some often overlooked on school trips organized by white teachers: Frederick Douglass’s house, Miner Teachers College, and the Howard University campus that would later become Tate’s academic home.
    — April White, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2025
Definition of organize
Verb
  • But Greer is attempting to systematize a policy environment that is being by driven by fiat and decree, the whims of the man at the top.
    — Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025
  • So, the organization systematized the collection of data about drivers of employee motivation.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of systematize
Verb
  • In the last year, Johnson unsuccessfully resisted Martin’s effort to codify old rules banning lobbyists from donating to mayoral candidates.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Organizations and their leaders must also codify and embed cultural behaviors with charity.
    — Edward Doherty, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of codify
Verb
  • Workstreams were standardized to consistently baseline project expectations.
    — Pradeep Prasana Kanagaraj, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Rankin said if lawmakers approve the funding and establish the institute at SCSU, the program would be able to standardize the training and requirements for a field that is growing.
    — Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025
Definition of standardize
Verb
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • But last week, the Trump administration ordered him to halt all the lab’s ALS research immediately as part of a more than $2.2 billion federal funding freeze.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
Definition of order
Verb
  • But if the Americans need a goal to equalize or the game-winner late in the match, don’t be surprised if the Vancouver Whitecaps forward finds himself in the middle of things at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles (Paramount+, Univision, 7 p.m. ET).
    — Michael Lewis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • If Congress immediately equalized funding levels, taxpayers would save more than $560 billion over the next decade, according to new research from our organization.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of equalize
Verb
  • All signs point to trajectories like Max's becoming not just normalized, but bankable, and art clearly matters less than cash in that equation.
    — Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Yet, to hear Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tell it, the Trump administration wants to not only normalize such donations but encourage them across Washington.
    — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of normalize
Verb
  • The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Congress have decisions to make to regularize the industry and allow small business to be profitable.
    — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Beijing also announced that its military forces would begin regularizing patrols in the Taiwan Strait.
    — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of regularize
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“Methodize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/methodize. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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