organisation

noun

1. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

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he claims that the present administration is corrupt

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the governance of an association is responsible to its members

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he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment

• Syn: ↑administration, ↑governance, ↑governing body, ↑establishment, ↑brass, ↑organization

• Derivationally related forms: ↑organise, ↑organize (for: ↑organization), ↑administer (for: ↑administration)

• Hypernyms: ↑body

• Hyponyms:

↑Curia, ↑top brass, ↑executive, ↑judiciary, ↑bench, ↑county council, ↑government officials, ↑officialdom, ↑management

• Part Holonyms: ↑government, ↑authorities, ↑regime

• Member Meronyms: ↑advisory board, ↑planning board

• Part Meronyms: ↑hierarchy, ↑power structure, ↑pecking order

2. a group of people who work together

• Syn: ↑organization

• Derivationally related forms: ↑organise, ↑organize (for: ↑organization)

• Hypernyms: ↑social group

• Hyponyms:

↑adhocracy, ↑affiliate, ↑bureaucracy, ↑nongovernmental organization, ↑NGO, ↑Tammany Hall, ↑Tammany Society, ↑Tammany, ↑fiefdom, ↑line of defense, ↑line of defence, ↑line organization, ↑line organisation, ↑association, ↑polity, ↑quango, ↑quasi-NGO, ↑institution, ↑establishment, ↑enterprise, ↑defense, ↑defence, ↑defense force, ↑defence force, ↑fire brigade, ↑fire company, ↑company, ↑troupe, ↑unit, ↑social unit, ↑Peace Corps, ↑force, ↑personnel, ↑union, ↑labor union, ↑trade union, ↑trades union, ↑brotherhood, ↑musical organization, ↑musical organisation, ↑musical group, ↑party, ↑political party, ↑machine, ↑political machine, ↑professional organization, ↑professional organisation, ↑alliance, ↑coalition, ↑alignment, ↑alinement, ↑federation, ↑hierarchy, ↑power structure, ↑pecking order, ↑deputation, ↑commission, ↑delegation, ↑delegacy, ↑mission, ↑Girl Scouts, ↑blue, ↑grey, ↑gray, ↑host, ↑pool

• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Orange Order, ↑Association of Orangemen

• Member Meronyms: ↑quorum, ↑membership, ↑rank

3. an organized structure for arranging or classifying

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he changed the arrangement of the topics

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the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original

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he tried to understand their system of classification

• Syn: ↑arrangement, ↑organization, ↑system

• Derivationally related forms: ↑systemize (for: ↑system), ↑systemise (for: ↑system), ↑organise, ↑organize (for: ↑organization)

• Hypernyms: ↑structure

• Hyponyms:

↑classification system, ↑contrivance, ↑coordinate system, ↑frame of reference, ↑reference system, ↑reference frame, ↑data structure, ↑design, ↑plan, ↑distribution, ↑statistical distribution, ↑genetic map, ↑kinship system, ↑lattice, ↑living arrangement, ↑ontology, ↑calendar

4. an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

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his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality

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we can't do it unless we establish some system around here

• Syn: ↑organization, ↑system

• Derivationally related forms: ↑systematic (for: ↑system), ↑systemize (for: ↑system), ↑systemise (for: ↑system), ↑organise, ↑organize (for: ↑organization)

• Hypernyms: ↑orderliness, ↑methodicalness

5. the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business

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he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department

• Syn: ↑organization

• Derivationally related forms: ↑organise, ↑organize (for: ↑organization)

• Hypernyms: ↑administration, ↑disposal

• Hyponyms:

↑nonprofit organization, ↑nonprofit, ↑not-for-profit, ↑rationalization, ↑rationalisation, ↑reorganization, ↑reorganisation, ↑shake-up, ↑shakeup, ↑self-organization, ↑self-organisation, ↑syndication

6. the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically

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his organization of the work force was very efficient

• Syn: ↑organization

• Derivationally related forms: ↑organise, ↑organize (for: ↑organization)

• Hypernyms: ↑activity

• Hyponyms:

↑randomization, ↑randomisation, ↑systematization, ↑systematisation, ↑rationalization, ↑rationalisation, ↑order, ↑ordering, ↑listing, ↑itemization, ↑itemisation, ↑territorialization, ↑territorialisation

7. the act of forming or establishing something

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the constitution of a PTA group last year

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it was the establishment of his reputation

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he still remembers the organization of the club

• Syn: ↑constitution, ↑establishment, ↑formation, ↑organization

• Derivationally related forms: ↑organise, ↑organize (for: ↑organization), ↑form (for: ↑formation), ↑establish (for: ↑establishment), ↑constitute (for: ↑constitution)

• Hypernyms: ↑beginning, ↑start, ↑commencement

• Hyponyms:

↑unionization, ↑unionisation, ↑collectivization, ↑collectivisation, ↑communization, ↑communisation, ↑federation, ↑colonization, ↑colonisation, ↑settlement