Organisation

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organisation
n 1: 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" [syn: administration, governance,
governing body, establishment, brass, organization,
organisation]

2: a group of people who work together [syn: organization,
organisation]

3: 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" [syn: arrangement, organization,
organisation, system]

4: 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" [syn: organization, organisation,
system]

5: 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" [syn: organization, organisation]

6: the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons
or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the
work force was very efficient" [syn: organization,
organisation]

7: 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" [syn: constitution,
establishment, formation, organization, organisation]