English Explanatory Dictionary

organization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being organized.
  2. The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.
  3. A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
  4. A group of people consciously cooperating.
  5. A major league club and all its farm teams.

Pronunciation

/ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-organization.wav /ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩] /ˌoɹ.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ en-us-organisation.ogg /ˌoː.ɡə.nɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/ /ˌoː.ɡə.naɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/ /ˌɔɹˈɡæ.nɪ.zeɪ.ʃən/

Word forms

organization organizations organisation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French organisation, from Medieval Latin organizātiō; by surface analysis, organize + -ation.

Synonyms

organization/organisation

Related words

organize :Category:en:Organizations Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 712. Party Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 709. Cooperation Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class VI § 968. Lawyer

Derived words

antiorganization articles of organization charitable organization counterorganization cyberorganization disorganization dispute resolution organization employers' organization front organization health maintenance organization inorganization international organization interorganization intraorganization malorganization merorganization misorganization multiorganization mutual organization non-governmental organization nonorganization organigram organizational organization chart organization man paper organization parent-teacher organization preorganization reorganization rubber stamp organization self-organization standards organization suborganization supraorganization umbrella organization underorganization virtual organization youth organization zombie organization
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