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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (7)

1. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;
- Example: "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"
- Example: "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"
- Example: "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
[syn: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation]

2. a group of people who work together;
[syn: organization, organisation]

3. an organized structure for arranging or classifying;
- Example: "he changed the arrangement of the topics"
- Example: "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"
- Example: "he tried to understand their system of classification"
[syn: arrangement, organization, organisation, system]

4. an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized;
- Example: "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"
- Example: "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
[syn: organization, organisation, system]

5. the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business;
- Example: "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"
[syn: organization, organisation]

6. the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically;
- Example: "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
[syn: organization, organisation]

7. the act of forming or establishing something;
- Example: "the constitution of a PTA group last year"
- Example: "it was the establishment of his reputation"
- Example: "he still remembers the organization of the club"
[syn: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

organisation n 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, organisation] 2: a group of people who work together [syn: organization, organisation] 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, organisation, system] 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, organisation, system] 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, organisation] 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, organisation] 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, organisation]