organization

especially British, or·gan·i·sa·tion

[awr-guh-nuh-zey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act or process of organizing.

2. the state or manner of being organized. organized.

3. something that is organized.

4. organic structure; composition.

   The organization of this painting is quite remarkable.

5. a group of persons organized for some end or work; association.

   a nonprofit organization.

6. the administrative personnel or apparatus of a business.

7. the functionaries of a political party along with the offices, committees, etc., that they fill.

8. an organism.

adjective

1. of or relating to an organization.

2. Informal.,  conforming entirely to the standards, rules, or demands of an organization, especially that of one's employer.

   an organization mentality.

organization

/ ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of organizing or the state of being organized

2. an organized structure or whole

3. a business or administrative concern united and constructed for a particular end

4. a body of administrative officials, as of a political party, a government department, etc

5. order or system; method

Other Word Forms

• organizational adjective
• organizationally adverb
• antiorganization noun
• misorganization noun
• nonorganization noun
• preorganization noun
• suborganization noun
• superorganization noun
• underorganization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of organization¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English organizacion, from Medieval Latin organizātiōn-, stem of organizātiō, equivalent to organizāt(us) “arranged” (past participle of organizāre “to contrive, arrange”; organize ) + -iō -ion

Example Sentences

About 600 more events are scheduled than the 2,100 demonstrations that took place in June, and slightly more people have signed up, even though the organization is discouraging registrations.

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Snead hired Gladstone in 2016 as a senior assistant and Gladstone quickly climbed through the organization as something of a personnel and scouting savant.

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“There is absolutely a movement here,” says Tyson Slocum, director of the energy program at Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.

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“There is absolutely a movement here,” says Tyson Slocum, director of the energy program at Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.

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In a statement, the No Kings coalition—a network including dozens of participating organizations—said it was responding “after a few moments of laughter.”

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Related Words

• association 
• body 
• business 
• circle 
• club 
• company 
• consortium 
• cooperative 
• corporation 
• establishment 
• federation 
• industry 
• institute 
• institution 
• league 
• party 
• society 
• team 
• union