Word

organization, n.
(organizations)
freq. cnt. 55

a group of people who work together
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 29

organisation organization

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

organize organize organize

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

organise organise organise

semantic pointers

hypernym

social group

hyponym

International Olympic Committee, IOC, I.O.C. adhocracy affiliate bureaucracy nongovernmental organization, NGO Orange Order, Association of Orangemen Tammany Hall, Tammany Society, Tammany fiefdom line of defense, line of defence line organization, line organisation association polity quango, quasi-NGO institution, establishment enterprise defense, defence, defense force, defence force establishment fire company, fire brigade company, troupe unit, social unit Peace Corps personnel, force union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood musical organization, musical organisation, musical group party, political party machine, political machine machine professional organization, professional organisation alignment, coalition, alliance, alinement federation hierarchy, power structure, pecking order delegation, deputation, commission, delegacy, mission Girl Scouts blue gray, grey host pool

member meronym

quorum membership, rank

an organized structure for arranging or classifying
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4

arrangement organisation organization system

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

organize

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

systemize systemise

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

organise

semantic pointers

hypernym

structure

hyponym

classification system contrivance coordinate system, frame of reference, reference system, reference frame data structure design, plan distribution, statistical distribution genetic map kinship system lattice living arrangement ontology calendar

the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

administration brass establishment governance governing body organisation organization

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

organize organize organize organize

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

administer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

organise organise organise

semantic pointers

hypernym

body

part holonym

government, authorities, regime

hyponym

Curia top brass executive judiciary, bench county council government officials, officialdom management

part meronym

hierarchy, power structure, pecking order

member meronym

advisory board, planning board

the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

organisation organization

sample sentences

"he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

organize organize organize organize organize

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

organise organise organise organise

semantic pointers

hypernym

administration, disposal

hyponym

nonprofit organization, nonprofit, not-for-profit rationalization, rationalisation reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup self-organization, self-organisation syndication

the act of forming or establishing something
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

constitution establishment formation organisation organization