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1. A group of people who work together
   - organisation [Brit]
    
2. An organized structure for arranging or classifying
   "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"
   - arrangement, organisation [Brit], system
    
3. The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
   - administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organisation [Brit]
    
4. 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"
   - organisation [Brit]
    
5. An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
   "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"
   - organisation [Brit], system
    
6. The activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
   "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
   - organisation [Brit]
    
7. The act of forming or establishing something
   "he still remembers the organization of the club"
   - constitution, establishment, formation, organisation [Brit]

Derived forms: organizations

See also: organize

Type of: activity, administration, beginning, body, commencement, disposal, methodicalness, orderliness, social group, start, structure

Part of: authorities, government, regime

Encyclopedia: Organization