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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.
organ·i·zation·al adj. organ·i·zation·al·ly adv. |
organization or -isation Noun 1. an organized group of people, such as a club, society, union, or business 2. the act of organizing: setting up the European tour took a lot of organization 3. the structure and arrangement of the different parts of something: the report recommended radical changes in the organization of the social services department 4. the state of being organized: the material in this essay lacks any sort of organization organizational
-isational adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  organization - a group of people who work togetheradhocracy - 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 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" 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 enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" 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" 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" 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 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" contrivance - an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" 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" 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 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 management - those in charge of running a business | | 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) 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" 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" | | 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" ordering, order - the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" | | 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"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 |
organization or organisation noun 1. group, company, party, body, concern, league, association, band, institution, gathering, circle, corporation, federation, outfit ( informal) faction, consortium, syndicate, combine, congregation, confederation noun 2. management, running, planning, making, control, operation, handling, structuring, administration, direction, regulation, construction, organizing, supervision, governance, formulation, coordination, methodology, superintendence noun 3. structure, grouping, plan, system, form, design, method, pattern, make-up, arrangement, construction, constitution, format, formation, framework, composition, chemistry, configuration, conformation, interrelation of parts  Translations
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