Definitions for organization
ˌɔr gə nəˈzeɪ ʃənor·ga·ni·za·tion

Princeton's WordNet(3.77 / 13 votes)Rate this definition:

1. organization, organisation(noun)

   a group of people who work together

2. arrangement, organization, organisation, system(noun)

   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"

3. administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation(noun)

   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"

4. organization, organisation(noun)

   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"

5. organization, organisation, system(noun)

   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"

6. organization, organisation(noun)

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

   "his organization of the work force was very efficient"

7. constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation(noun)

   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"

GCIDE(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Organization(n.)

   Specifically: A group of persons associated together for a common purpose and having a set of rules which specify the relations of the individual members to the whole gorup.

2. Organization(n.)

   The manner in which something is organized; the relations included in an organized state or condition; as, the organization of the department permits ad hoc groups to form.

Origin: [Cf. F. organisation.]

Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. organization(Noun)

   The quality of being organized.

   This painting shows little organization at first glance, but little by little the structure becomes clear.

2. organization(Noun)

   The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.

   The organization of the book is as follows.

3. organization(Noun)

   A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.

4. organization(Noun)

   A group of people consciously cooperating.

   Over time, the spontaneous movement had become an organization.

5. organization(Noun)

   A major league club and all its farm teams.

   He's been in the Dodgers' organization since 2003.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. organization

   The act of assigning and putting troops into such uniform state of discipline as may fit them to co-operate on any service. Organization may be said to be begun by grouping those combatants who have the same mode of action. These groups are known as “arms of service.” An arm of service may be defined to be “a union of combatants having the same mode of action.” There are four of these arms in modern armies, viz.: Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineers. These four arms form the principal part of a mobilized army, and as they or their representatives are always formed into a line of battle to resist the attack of an enemy, or to make an attack, they are generally known as the “line of the army” or “troops of the line,” to distinguish them from other bodies of men who form parts of an army. These arms are subdivided into fractions for the purpose of instruction and of supply. The unit for instruction and the unit for supply may be the same or different. The unit of supply, as a general rule, is constant, and is also usually the unit of instruction in discipline. The unit of instruction in tactics will depend upon circumstances, and upon the kind of movements the commander desires to make. The common unit for the four arms, for supplying the men’s wants and for instruction in discipline, is the “company.” This unit receives, at other times, other names, depending upon circumstances. For instance, a battery of artillery is the same as company; the term squadron of cavalry frequently means a company, etc.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'organization' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1662

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'organization' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1607

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'organization' in Nouns Frequency: #485

How to pronounce organization?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of organization in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of organization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of organization in a Sentence

1. Swiss Major General Urs Gerber:

   They call us a ghost organization.

2. Abdikadir Negeye:

   When we started as an organization.

3. Nick Bennett:

   No company or organization is immune.

4. Al Capone:

   I have built my organization upon fear.

5. Yaakov Perry:

   You cannot define it as an organization.

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