organisation

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noun

1. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- he claims that the present administration is corrupt
- the governance of an association is responsible to its members
- 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,
delegacy, 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
- he changed the arrangement of the topics
- the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original
- 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
- his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality
- 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
- 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,
rationalisation, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup, self-organization,
self-organisation, syndication
6. the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
- 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
- the constitution of a PTA group last year
- it was the establishment of his reputation
- 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