Organisation

//ˌɔɹɡənɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English and Australian standard spelling of organization. countable, uncountable

    "[…] a number of commentators have noted how, during meetings and in committees, for example, organisation members often experience an attack of the sillies by playing the fool and horsing around."

  2. 2
    the act of forming or establishing something wordnet
  3. 3
    the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically wordnet
  4. 4
    the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business wordnet
  5. 5
    an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized wordnet
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  1. 6
    an organized structure for arranging or classifying wordnet
  2. 7
    a group of people who work together wordnet
  3. 8
    the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something wordnet

Example

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"For any type of organisation, internal harmony and unity are important factors in deciding its success or failure."

Etymology

From Middle French organisation, equivalent to organise + -ation.

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