organization

English Online Dictionary. What means organization‎? What does organization mean?

English

Alternative forms

• organisation (UK, Australia, New Zealand)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹɡənɪˈzeɪʃən/, (rarer) /ˌɔɹɡnɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (Philippines, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹˈɡænɪzeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: or‧ga‧ni‧za‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

organization (countable and uncountable, plural organizations)

2. (uncountable) The quality of being organized.
4. (uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.

6. (countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.

8. (countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.

10. (baseball) A major league club and all its farm teams.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:organization

Derived terms

Related terms

• organize

Translations

Further reading

• organization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “organization”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “organization”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.