Other Definitions
organization (enc)
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Organization| Noun | 1. | organization - a group of people who work togetheraffiliate - a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates" Tammany, Tammany Hall, Tammany Society - a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism fiefdom - an organization that is controlled by a dominat person or group line of defence, line of defense - any organization whose responsibility it is to defend against something; "police are the major line of defense against crime" association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" polity - a politically organized unit quango, quasi-NGO - QUAsi Non-Governmental Organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" troupe, company - organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel" social unit, unit - an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit" Peace Corps - a civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level" political machine, machine - a group that controls the activities of a political party; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine" machine - an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine" federation - an organization formed by merging several groups or parties quorum - a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business membership, rank - the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" Girl Scouts - an organization of young women and girls founded in 1912 for character development and citizenship training | | | 2. | organization - 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"structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure" contrivance - an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" data structure - (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) design, plan - an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" genetic map - graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome lattice - an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions calendar - a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year | | | 3. | organization - 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"body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium" authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" Curia - (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church top brass - the most important persons in a governing body management - those in charge of running a business | | | 4. | organization - the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"federation - the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs | | | 5. | organization - the act of organizing a business or business-related activity; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"reorganisation, reorganization, shake-up, shakeup - the act of imposing a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup" syndication - organizing into or administering as a syndicate | | | 6. | organization - the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"activity - any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity" ordering, order - putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" | | | 7. | organization - 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" | |
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