English > organisation: 7 senses > noun 1, group| Meaning | The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. |
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| Synonyms | administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization |
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| Members | advisory board, planning board | A board appointed to advise the chief administrator / administrator |
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| Part of | government, authorities, regime | The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit |
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| Parts | hierarchy, power structure, pecking order | The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body |
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| Narrower | Curia | (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church |
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| county council | The elected governing body of a county |
| executive | persons who administer the law |
| government officials, officialdom | People elected or appointed to administer a government |
| judiciary, bench | persons who administer justice |
| management | Those in charge of running a business |
| top brass | The most important persons in a governing body |
| Broader | body | A group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity |
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| Spanish | administración, administración pública, gerencia, gobernanza, organización |
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| Catalan | administració, gerència, organització |
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| Verbs | organise | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
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| organise | cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea |
| organise | create (as an entity) |
English > organisation: 7 senses > noun 2, group| Meaning | A group of people who work together. |
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| Synonym | organization |
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| Members | membership, rank | The body of members of an organization or group |
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| quorum | A gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business |
| Narrower | Girl Scouts | An organization of young ... / young women and girls founded in 1912 for character development and citizenship training |
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| International Olympic Committee, IOC, I.O.C. | Organization responsible for organizing the modern Olympic Games |
| Orange Order, Association of Orangemen | A Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland |
| Peace Corps | A civilian organization sponsored by the United States government |
| Tammany Hall, Tammany Society, Tammany | A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption / corruption and bossism |
| adhocracy | An organization with little or no structure |
| affiliate | A subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization |
| alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement | An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty |
| association | A formal organization of people or groups of people |
| blue | Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue |
| bureaucracy | Any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape |
| company, troupe | Organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical) |
| defense, defence, defense force, defence force | An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack |
| deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission | A group of representatives / representatives or delegates |
| enterprise | An organization created for business ventures |
| establishment | Any large organization |
| federation | An organization formed by merging several groups or parties |
| fiefdom | An organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group |
| fire brigade, fire company | A private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires |
| force, personnel | group of people willing / willing to obey orders |
| grey, gray | Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey |
| hierarchy, power structure, pecking order | The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body |
| host | Any organization that provides resources and facilities / facilities for a function or event |
| institution, establishment | An organization founded and united for a specific purpose |
| line of defense, line of defence | Any organization whose responsibility it is to defend against something |
| line organization, line organisation | The organizational structure of activities contributing directly to the organization's output |
| machine, political machine | A group that controls the activities of a political party |
| machine | An intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently |
| musical organization, musical organisation, musical group | An organization of musicians who perform together |
| nongovernmental organization, NGO | An organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government |
| party, political party | An organization to gain political power |
| polity | A politically organized unit |
| pool | An organization of people or resources that can be shared |
| professional organization, professional organisation | An organization of and for professional people |
| quango, quasi-NGO | A quasi nongovernmental organization |
| union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood | An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer |
| unit, social unit | An organization regarded as part of a larger / larger social group |
| Broader | social group | People sharing some social relation |
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| Spanish | organización |
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| Catalan | organització |
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| Verbs | organise | arrange by systematic planning and united effort |
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| organise | create (as an entity) |
| organise | form or join a union |
English > organisation: 7 senses > noun 3, cognition| Meaning | An organized structure for arranging or classifying. |
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| Synonyms | arrangement, organization, system |
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| Narrower | calendar | A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year |
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| 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 system, reference frame | 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 |
| Broader | structure | The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations |
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| Spanish | disposición, ordenación, orden, organización, sistema |
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| Catalan | disposició, ordenació, ordre, sistema |
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| Adjectives | organisational | of or relating to an organization |
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| Verbs | organise | bring order and organization to |
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English > organisation: 7 senses > noun 5, act| Meaning | The act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business. |
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| Synonym | organization |
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| Narrower | nonprofit organization, nonprofit, not-for-profit | An organization chartered for other than profit-making activities |
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| rationalization, rationalisation | The organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency |
| reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup | The imposition of a new organization |
| self-organization, self-organisation | organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union) |
| syndication | organizing into or administering as a syndicate |
| Broader | administration, disposal | A method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) |
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| Spanish | dirección, organización |
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| Catalan | direcció, organització |
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| Verbs | organise | bring order and organization to |
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| organise | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
| organise | cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea |
| organise | create (as an entity) |
English > organisation: 7 senses > noun 7, act| Meaning | The act of forming or establishing something. |
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| Synonyms | constitution, establishment, formation, organization |
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| Narrower | collectivization, collectivisation | The organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism |
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| colonization, colonisation, settlement | The act of colonizing |
| communization, communisation | The organization of a nation of the basis of communism / 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 |
| unionization, unionisation | Act of forming labor unions |
| Broader | beginning, start, commencement | The act of starting something |
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| Spanish | constitución, establecimiento, formación, fundación |
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| Catalan | constitució, establiment, formació, fundació |
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| Verbs | organise | arrange by systematic planning and united effort |
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| organise | create (as an entity) |
| organise | form or join a union |
