Organization

[ˌɔːɡənaɪ'zeɪʃn] or [,ɔrɡənə'zeʃən]

Definition

(noun.) the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; 'his organization of the work force was very efficient'.

(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'.

(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'.

(noun.) a group of people who work together.

Checked by Llewellyn--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

(n.) The state of being organized; also, the relations included in such a state or condition.

(n.) That which is organized; an organized existence; an organism

(n.) an arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Construction, constitution, organizing, forming, making.[2]. Organism, organized being, organized existence.

Edited by Jacqueline

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Structure, form, construction

ANT:Disorganization

Edited by Annabel

Examples

The early official history of the Royal Society (Sprat, 1667) says that this proposal hastened very much the adopt ion of a plan of organization. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
But after the building of the temple and the organization of the priesthood, the prophetic type remains over and outside the formal religious scheme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
The coinage of the United States mints since the organization of the government has amounted to nearly 6,000,000,000 pieces, valued at over $4,000,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
The organization was crude, the steam-engineering talent poor, and owing to the impossibility of getting any considerable capital subscribed, the plants were put in as cheaply as possible. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Her delicate organization and creative imagination rendered her peculiarly susceptible of pleasurable emotion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Organization of the Army of the Valley District. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
His objections were very simple: We've got the organization in fine shape now--we know where every voter in the district stands. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Its only organization was an organization of preachers, and its chief function was the sermon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Economic activities deeply influence social intercourse and political organization on one side, and reflect physical conditions on the other. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
His chief treatise, entitled the Republic, is at once a treatise on morals, on social organization, and on the metaphysics and science of nature. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
This organization of murder as a sport and show serves to measure the great gap in moral standards between the Roman community and our own. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Nothing could be more complete than the organization and discipline of this body of brave and intelligent men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
The Segregation and Organization of Values. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Practically the National Assembly wanted at one blow to make the church in France Protestant, in organization if not in doctrine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Here was an economic tendency of revolutionary significance--the organization of business in a way that was bound to change the outlook of a whole nation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
It has now been adopted by a great many business organizations as a convenient means of inter-communication. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Not of course by criminal terrorist and counterrevolutionary organizations. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
These had elected their officers from highest to lowest and were accepted with their organizations as they were, except in two instances. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Its religious and educational organizations were various, collectively not very powerful, and on the whole friendly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
The various subdivisions of caste are very complex; many are practically trade organizations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Such organizations of restriction upon free intercourse have come and gone in great variety in the history of all long-standing civilizations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
We permeated the party organizations, writes Shaw, and pulled all the wires we could lay our hands on with our utmost adroitness and energy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
To the credit of the machine, it should be said, that it was from no fault in the machine that this retrograde step was taken, but rather the disfavor of the labor organizations. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Then, lodges, clubs, churches and other organizations must maintain lists of names of their members; and so the different kinds of lists go on _ad infinitum_. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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