or·gan·i·za·tion (ôr g -n -z  shn)n. 1. a. The act or process of organizing. b. The state or manner of being organized: a high degree of organization. 2. Something that has been organized or made into an ordered whole. 3. Something made up of elements with varied functions that contribute to the whole and to collective functions; an organism. 4. A group of persons organized for a particular purpose; an association: a benevolent organization. 5. a. A structure through which individuals cooperate systematically to conduct business. b. The administrative personnel of such a structure. or gan·i·zation·al adj.or gan·i·zation·al·ly adv. |
organization, organisation [ˌɔːgənaɪˈzeɪʃən]
n
1. the act of organizing or the state of being organized
2. an organized structure or whole
3. a business or administrative concern united and constructed for a particular end
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a body of administrative officials, as of a political party, a government department, etc.
5. order or system; method
organizational , organisational adj
organizationally , organisationally adv
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| Noun | 1. |  organization - a group of people who work togethersocial group - people sharing some social relation adhocracy - an organization with little or no structure; "the choice between bureaucracy and adhocracy represents a common dilemma"; "the need for informational flexibility can lead to adhocracy" affiliate - a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates" bureaucracy - any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape NGO, nongovernmental organization - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government Tammany, Tammany Hall, Tammany Society - a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism fiefdom - an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group line of defence, line of defense - any organization whose responsibility it is to defend against something; "police are the major line of defense against crime" line organisation, line organization - the organizational structure of activities contributing directly to the organization's output association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" polity - a politically organized unit quango, quasi-NGO - a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government institution, establishment - an organization founded and united for a specific purpose enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" defence force, defense force, defence, defense - an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion" establishment - any large organization fire brigade, fire company - a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires troupe, company - organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel" social unit, unit - an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit" Peace Corps - a civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" labor union, trade union, trades union, union, brotherhood - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level" political machine, machine - a group that controls the activities of a political party; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine" machine - an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine" professional organisation, professional organization - an organization of and for professional people alignment, alinement, coalition, alliance - an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty federation - an organization formed by merging several groups or parties quorum - a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business pecking order, power structure, hierarchy - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body membership, rank - the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" |
| 2. | organization - 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" structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure" classification system - a system for classifying things contrivance - an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" coordinate system, frame of reference, reference frame, reference system - a system that uses coordinates to establish position data structure - (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) design, plan - an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" distribution, statistical distribution - (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence genetic map - graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome kinship system - (anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed lattice - an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions living arrangement - an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist ontology - (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations calendar - a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year | |
| 3. | organization - 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" body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" Curia - (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church top brass - the most important persons in a governing body executive - persons who administer the law county council - the elected governing body of a county government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government pecking order, power structure, hierarchy - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body management - those in charge of running a business advisory board, planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator | |
| 4. | organization - 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" administration, disposal - a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) nonprofit, nonprofit organization, not-for-profit - an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities rationalisation, rationalization - the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency reorganisation, reorganization, shake-up, shakeup - the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup" self-organisation, self-organization - organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union) syndication - organizing into or administering as a syndicate | |
| 5. | organization - an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here" methodicalness, orderliness - the quality of appreciating method and system | |
| 6. | organization - the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient" activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" randomisation, randomization - a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance systematisation, systematization, rationalisation, rationalization - systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale ordering, order - the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" territorialisation, territorialization - the act of organizing as a territory | |
| 7. | organization - 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" commencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" unionisation, unionization - act of forming labor unions; "the issue underlying the strike was unionization" collectivisation, collectivization - the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism communisation, communization - the organization of a nation of the basis of communism federation - the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs colonisation, colonization, settlement - the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" |
organization
noun
1. group, company, party, body, concern, league, association, band, institution, gathering, circle, corporation, federation, outfit (informal), faction, consortium, syndicate, combine, congregation, confederation Most of the funds are provided by voluntary organizations.
2. management, running, planning, making, control, operation, handling, structuring, administration, direction, regulation, construction, organizing, supervision, governance, formulation, coordination, methodology, superintendence the work that goes into the organization of this event
3. structure, grouping, plan, system, form, design, method, pattern, make-up, arrangement, construction, constitution, format, formation, framework, composition, chemistry, configuration, conformation, interrelation of parts the internal organization of the department
Economic organizations and treaties
ACAS or Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service, Bretton Woods System, CACM or Central American Common Market, CAP or Common Agricultural Policy, CARICOM or Caribbean Community and Common Market, CARIFTA or Caribbean Free Trade Area, CBI or Confederation of British Industry, COMECON or Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, ECO or European Coal Organization, ECOSOC or Economic and Social Council, ECOWAS or Economic Community Of West African States, ECSC or European Coal and Steel Community, EEA or European Economic Area, EFTA or European Free Trade association, EMS or European Monetary System, EMU or European Monetary Union, EU or European Union, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, European Monetary Cooperation Fund, European Regional Development Fund, GATT or General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Group of 7 or G7, IFC or International Finance Corporation, ILO or International Labour Organization, IMF or International Monetary Fund, LAFTA or Latin American Free Trade Association, Lomé agreements, Maastricht Treaty, Monopolies and Mergers Commission, NAFTA or New Zealand and Australia Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA or North American Free Trade Agreement, NEDC or National Economic Development Council, OECD or Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Office of Fair Trading, OPEC or Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Single European Market Act, Treaty of Rome, TUC or Trades Union Congress, UNCTAD or United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNIDO or United Nations Industrial Development Organization, World Bank or International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, WTO or World Trade Organization Translations
organization [ˌɔːgənaɪˈzeɪʃən]
A. N
1. (= act) → organización f
2. (= body) → organización f, organismo m
B. CPD organization chart N → organigrama m
organization
organization:
n
(= arrangement) → Ordnung f; (of facts, work) → Organisation f; (of time) → Einteilung f; (of essay) → Aufbau m; (of sb’s life) → Planung f
organization:
organization chart
n → Organisationsplan m
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
n → Organisation f → für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
Organization of African Unity
n → Organisation f → für Afrikanische Einheit
Organization of American States
n → Organisation f → Amerikanischer Staaten
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
n → Organisation f → der arabischen Erdöl exportierenden Länder
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
n → Organisation f → der Erdöl exportierenden Länder
organization [ˌɔːgənaɪˈzeɪʃ/ən] n → organizzazione f
a charitable organization → un'organizzazione filantropica
organization [ˌɔːgənaɪˈzeɪʃ/ən] n → organizzazione f
a charitable organization → un'organizzazione filantropica
a charitable organization → un'organizzazione filantropica
organization [ˌɔːgənaɪˈzeɪʃ/ən] n → organizzazione f
a charitable organization → un'organizzazione filantropica
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