organization (n.)

  1. a group of people who work together

    [ Syn: organisation ]

  2. an organized structure for arranging or classifying; he changed the arrangement of the topics; the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original; he tried to understand their system of classification

    [ Syn: arrangement , organisation , system ]

  3. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; he claims that the present administration is corrupt; the governance of an association is responsible to its members; he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment

    [ Syn: administration , governance , governing body , establishment , brass , organisation ]

  4. the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department

    [ Syn: organisation ]

  5. an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality; we cant do it unless we establish some system around here

    [ Syn: organisation , system ]

  6. the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; his organization of the work force was very efficient

    [ Syn: organisation ]

  7. the act of forming or establishing something; the constitution of a PTA group last year; it was the establishment of his reputation; he still remembers the organization of the club

    [ Syn: constitution , establishment , formation , organisation ]

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