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Organization - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Organization : (noun)
1: a group of people who work together [syn: organisation]
2: 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, organisation, system]
3: 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, organisation]
4: 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" [syn: constitution, establishment, formation,
organisation]
5: the act of organizing a business or business-related
activity; "he was brought in to supervise the organization
of a new department" [syn: 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: organisation]
7: 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: organisation, system]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Organization : \Or`gan*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. organisation.]
1. 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. ``The first
organization of the general government.'' --Pickering.
2. The state of being organized; also, the relations included
in such a state or condition.
What is organization but the connection of parts in
and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end
and means? --Coleridge.
3. That which is organized; an organized existence; an
organism; specif. (Biol.), an arrangement of parts for the
performance of the functions necessary to life.
The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the
most common, and the earliest form of organization.
--McKendrick.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Organization |
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Starry_Winter: page is up now. u can follow my Organization @thisabilityinc.--if you know anyone with a disability this is a good cause. |
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Carl_Eidson: RT @philmontero: RT @eaglesflite Create the kind of climate in your Organization where personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded. |
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TITSSN: I am supremely confident that 2010 will be the year of TITSSN and that we will rise to new heights/levels as a unified Organization. |
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