organisation

1. The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something (synset 108181484)
   "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"
   is a type of: body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
   subtypes:

   • curia - (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church
   • top brass - the most important persons in a governing body
   • executive - persons who administer the law
   • bench, judiciary - persons who administer justice
   • county council - the elected governing body of a county
   • government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government
   • management - those in charge of running a business
   member holonym: advisory board, planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator
   has: hierarchy, pecking order, power structure - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
   is a part of: authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
   same as: administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organization
2. A group of people who work together (synset 108024893)
   is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation
   subtypes:

   • i.o.c., international olympic committee, ioc - organization responsible for organizing the modern Olympic Games
   • adhocracy - an organization with little or no structure
   • affiliate - a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization
   • bureaucracy - any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
   • ngo, nongovernmental organization - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
   • association of orangemen, orange order - a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland
   • tammany, tammany hall, tammany society - a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
   • fiefdom - an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group
   • line of defence, line of defense - any organization whose responsibility it is to defend against something
   • line organisation, line organization - the organizational structure of activities contributing directly to the organization's output
   • association - a formal organization of people or groups of people
   • polity - a politically organized unit
   • quango, quasi-ngo - a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government
   • establishment, institution - an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
   • enterprise - an organization created for business ventures
   • defence, defence force, defense, defense force - an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
   • establishment - any large organization
   • fire brigade, fire company - a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
   • company, troupe - organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
   • social unit, unit - an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
   • peace corps - a civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries
   • force, personnel - group of people willing to obey orders
   • brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union, union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
   • musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
   • party, political party - an organization to gain political power
   • machine, political machine - a group that controls the activities of a political party
   • machine - an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
   • professional organisation, professional organization - an organization of and for professional people
   • alignment, alinement, alliance, coalition - an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
   • federation - an organization formed by merging several groups or parties
   • hierarchy, pecking order, power structure - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
   • commission, delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission - a group of representatives or delegates
   • girl scouts - an organization of young women and girls founded in 1912 for character development and citizenship training
   • blue - any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
   • gray, grey - any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
   • host - any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event
   • pool - an organization of people or resources that can be shared
   member holonym:

   • quorum - a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
   • membership, rank - the body of members of an organization or group
   same as: organization
3. An organized structure for arranging or classifying (synset 105734541)
   "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"
   is a type of: structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
   subtypes:

   • classification system - a system for classifying things
   • contrivance - an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
   • coordinate system, frame of reference, reference frame, reference system - a system that uses coordinates to establish position
   • data structure - (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)
   • design, plan - an arrangement scheme
   • distribution, statistical distribution - (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
   • genetic map - graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome
   • kinship system - (anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed
   • lattice - an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions
   • living arrangement - an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist
   • ontology - (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
   • calendar - a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
   same as: arrangement, organization, system
4. An ordered manner;
   Orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized (synset 104775896)
   "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
   is a type of: methodicalness, orderliness - the quality of appreciating method and system
   same as: organization, system
5. The act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business (synset 101138840)
   "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"
   is a type of: administration, disposal - a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
   subtypes:

   • nonprofit, nonprofit organization, not-for-profit - an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities
   • rationalisation, rationalization - the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
   • reorganisation, reorganization, shake-up, shakeup - the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
   • self-organisation, self-organization - organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union)
   • syndication - organizing into or administering as a syndicate
   same as: organization
6. The activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically (synset 101010320)
   "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • randomisation, randomization - a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance
   • rationalisation, rationalization, systematisation, systematization - systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
   • order, ordering - the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
   • itemisation, itemization, listing - the act of making a list of items
   • territorialisation, territorialization - the act of organizing as a territory
   same as: organization
7. The act of forming or establishing something (synset 100237945)
   "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
   is a type of: beginning, commencement, start - the act of starting something
   subtypes:

   • unionisation, unionization - act of forming labor unions
   • collectivisation, collectivization - the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism
   • communisation, communization - the organization of a nation of the basis of communism
   • federation - the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs
   • colonisation, colonization, settlement - the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
   same as: constitution, establishment, formation, organization

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