organisation

Noun

Meaning

the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

an organized structure for arranging or classifying

the act of forming or establishing something

the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically

the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business

an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

a group of people who work together

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

constitution system organization formation administration arrangement establishment brass governance governing body corps league association confederacy form
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Antonyms

babel derangement bedlam maelstrom violence web
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Hypernyms

body beginning structure start activity administration

Hyponyms

union commission association federation brotherhood alliance

Related terms

organise organisational disorganisation

Phrases with the word

intermicronational organisation world organisation crime organisation organisation with a legitimate interest employees' organisation organisation internationale

Examples

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry. George Bernard Shaw

An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only. Bjarne Stroustrup

The whole world will be transformed into Sathya Sai Organisation and Sathya Sai will be installed in the hearts of one and all. Sathya Sai Baba

Whatever organisation we try to create, it always ends up looking like the Communist Party. Viktor Chernomyrdin

The first premise of all human history is, of course, the existence of living human individuals. Thus the first fact to be established is the physical organisation of these individuals and their consequent relation to the rest of nature. Karl Marx

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things. Susan George

Close letter words and terms

organigramme organisability organisable organisation chart organisation internationale organisation man