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organization Definition

or·gani·za·tion (ôr′gə ni zā′s̸hən, -nī-)

noun

  1. an organizing or being organized
  2. the manner of being organized; organic structure
  3. Rare organism
  4. any unified, consolidated group of elements; systematized whole; esp.,
    1. a body of persons organized for some specific purpose, as a club, union, or society
    2. the administrative personnel or executive structure of a business
    3. all the functionaries, committees, etc. of a political party

Etymology: ME organizacion < ML organizatio

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organization Synonyms

organization

n.

  1. The process of organizing

    establishment, formulation, schematization, plan, planning, disposition, ordering, creation, molding, grouping, projection, design, provision, working out, assembling, construction, deliberation, institution, foundation, preparation, rehearsal, direction, structure, situation, formation, association; see also classification 1.

    Antonyms confusion*, confounding, disintegration. *

  2. The manner of organizing

    regulation, systematization, system, method, methodizing, coordination, adjustment, harmony, unity, correlation, standard, standardization, settlement, arrangement, disposition, classification, alignment, group, symmetry, uniformity; see also order 3.

    Antonyms confusion*, bedlam*, chance. *

  3. An organized body

    aggregation, association, federation, combine, corporation, union, institute, trust, cartel, confederation, monopoly, combination, machine, business, industry, company, society, league, club, fraternity, house, order, alliance, party, cooperative, guild, profession, trade, coalition, syndicate, fellowship, lodge, brotherhood, concord, confederacy, affiliation, body, band, sodality, sorority, team, squad, crew, clique, circle, set, coterie, troupe, group.

organization Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • dedicate: Poets Anonymous - " Los Angeles based organization dedicated to the promotion of poetry in everyday life.
  • found: Our congratulations to Deron Beal, of Tucson Arizona, who founded this amazing organization.
  • devote: Alongside the dialog between labor and business leaders, another channel of influence has created an organization devoted to mobilization and social justice.
  • enable: Symantec Event Manager for Firewall enables organizations to leverage that data and capitalize on their existing investments in firewall security.
  • authorize: These tests can be performed in civil skin diver firm agencies or organizations authorized by Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
  • participate: OBJECTIVES The key objective was to achieve best practice levels of safety, quality, time and cost performance for all participating organizations.

Adjective modifier

  • non-governmental: The Concept of the State support of the non-governmental organizations was adopted in January 2002.
  • non-profit: The company was founded with a mission to support non-profit organizations working for LGBT equal rights.
  • nonprofit: Decision net of expatriate medical insurance nonprofit organization under to go too.
  • terrorist: However no matter how deep my investigation seemed to get, I could not find any connection with a terrorist organization.
  • not-for-profit: Unlike most publications in its field, it is particularly helpful for individuals working in not-for-profit organizations.
  • international: International non-government organizations were driven out of the country.

Modifies a noun

  • hmos: These canada insurance life standard two groups insurance program organizations hmos hmos.
  • ppos: Percent on their provider organizations ppos western home president.

Noun used with modifier

  • non-government: International non-government organizations were driven out of the country.
  • umbrella: The degree of co-operation between insurers and their umbrella organizations has continued.
  • grassroots: As a fourteen-year old student, Sarah started a grassroots community organization to empower young people to make healthier decisions.
  • sport: The CCES provides services and resources to athletes, coaches, sport organizations, the media and the general public.
  • taxpayersthe: By the sarbanes-oxley law taxpayersthe organization has signs that the.
  • labor: The labor organization as it exists today is the product of a long evolution.
organization Quotes

The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowlyand deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius.Theresulting performance, though lessinspiring, is far more predictable.

—Galbraith,John Kenneth

The bigger the organization, the fewer the jobs worth doing.

—Jay, SirAntony Rupert

If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.

—Eisenhower, Dwight D(avid)

An efficient organization is one in which the accounting department knows the exact cost of every useless administrative procedure which they themselves have initiated.

—Steacie, E W

Surelyarchitecture is the organization for pleasure of enclosed space. And what more magnificent enclosure than a town, a place, a place where the spirit is cuddled, made serene, made proud, happy, or excited depending on the ceremony, the day, the hour.

—Johnson, Philip Cortelyou

Nothing†makes a more fanatical official than a Latin. Organization is alien to their natures, but once they get the taste for it they take to it like drink.

—Hazzard, Shirley

Next to a letter from home,Captain Miller, your organization is the greatest morale builder in the ETO.

—Doolittle,James Harold

   The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

—Shaw, George Bernard

Newspapers necessarilyand inevitably reflect, and therefore, in greater or lesser measure, intensify, the defective organization of public opinion.

—Lippmann,Walter

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

—Adams, Henry Brooks