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Organization
//ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being organized. uncountable
"This painting shows little organization at first glance, but little by little the structure becomes clear."
- 2 the act of forming or establishing something wordnet
- 3 The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article. uncountable
"The organization of the book is as follows."
- 4 the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically wordnet
- 5 A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules. countable
"In response to the crisis, the nations in the region formed an organization. If you want to be part of this organization, you have to follow its rules."
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- 6 the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business wordnet
- 7 A group of people consciously cooperating. countable
"Over time, the spontaneous movement had become an organization."
- 8 an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized wordnet
- 9 A major league club and all its farm teams. countable, uncountable
"He's been in the Dodgers' organization since 2003."
- 10 an organized structure for arranging or classifying wordnet
- 11 a group of people who work together wordnet
- 12 the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French organisation, from Medieval Latin organizātiō; by surface analysis, organize + -ation.
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