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ORGANIZATION
constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
(noun) 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”
organization, organisation
(noun) the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; “his organization of the work force was very efficient”
organization, organisation
(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”
organization, organisation, system
(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”
arrangement, organization, organisation, system
(noun) 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”
organization, organisation
(noun) a group of people who work together
administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
organization (countable and uncountable, plural organizations)
(uncountable) The quality of being organized.
(uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.
(countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
(countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.
(baseball) A major league club and all its farm teams.
Hyponyms
• institute
• institution
• corporation
• firm
• company
• trade union
• labor union
• political party
• church
• school
• university
• hospital
• See also organization
Source: Wiktionary
Or`gan*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [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 wich 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GRIP
(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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