Standard Lemma guide

organization

noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩]
  • Canada, General-American, formal: /ˌoɹ.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌoː.ɡə.nɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌoː.ɡə.naɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/
  • New-Zealand: [ˌoː.ɡə.nɑe̯ˈzæɪ̯.ʃən]
  • Philippines, nonstandard: /ˌɔɹˈɡæ.nɪ.zeɪ.ʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: AO2 R G AH0 N AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being organized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • This painting shows little organization at first glance, but little by little the structure becomes clear.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The organization of the book is as follows.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • In response to the crisis, the nations in the region formed an organization. If you want to be part of this organization, you have to follow its rules.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A group of people consciously cooperating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Over time, the spontaneous movement had become an organization.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A major league club and all its farm teams.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • He's been in the Dodgers' organization since 2003.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of forming or establishing something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the constitution of a PTA group last year
  • it was the establishment of his reputation
  • he still remembers the organization of the club

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: constitution, establishment, formation, organisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beginning, start, commencement

Narrower terms: unionization, unionisation, collectivization, collectivisation, communization, communisation, federation, colonization, colonisation, settlement

7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his organization of the work force was very efficient

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: organisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: randomization, randomisation, systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation, order, ordering, listing, itemization, itemisation, territorialization, territorialisation

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: organisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: administration, disposal

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

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality
  • we can't do it unless we establish some system around here

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: organisation, system

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: orderliness, methodicalness

10

noun

Meaning 10

an organized structure for arranging or classifying

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, system

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure

Narrower terms: 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

11

noun

Meaning 11

a group of people who work together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: organisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social group

Narrower terms: adhocracy, affiliate, bureaucracy, nongovernmental organization, NGO, 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, fire brigade, fire company, company, troupe, unit, social unit, Peace Corps, force, personnel, union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood, musical organization, musical organisation, musical group, party, political party, machine, political machine, professional organization, professional organisation, alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement, federation, hierarchy, power structure, pecking order, deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission, Girl Scouts, blue, grey, gray, host, pool, Orange Order, Association of Orangemen

12

noun

Meaning 12

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body

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

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

214 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَرْتِيب (tartīb) — quality of being organized
  • Arabic: تَنْظِيم (tanẓīm) — quality of being organized
  • Arabic: تَشْكِيل (taškīl) — quality of being organized
  • Armenian: կազմակերպվածություն (kazmakerpvacutʻyun) — quality of being organized
  • Azerbaijani: mütəşəkkillik — quality of being organized
  • Bulgarian: организи́раност (organizíranost) — quality of being organized
  • Catalan: organització — quality of being organized
  • Chinese Cantonese: 組織 /组织 (zou2 zik1) — quality of being organized
  • Chinese Mandarin: 機構 /机构 (jīgòu) — quality of being organized
  • Czech: uspořádání — quality of being organized
  • Czech: organizace — quality of being organized
  • Dutch: ordening — quality of being organized
  • Estonian: korraldatus — quality of being organized
  • Estonian: organiseeritus — quality of being organized
  • Finnish: järjestäytyminen — quality of being organized
  • Finnish: organisoituminen — quality of being organized
  • Finnish: järjestys — quality of being organized
  • French: organisation — quality of being organized
  • Galician: organización — quality of being organized
  • Georgian: ორგანიზებულობა (organizebuloba) — quality of being organized
  • German: Organisation — quality of being organized
  • Greek: οργάνωση (orgánosi) — quality of being organized
  • Hindi: प्रबंधन (prabandhan) — quality of being organized
  • Hungarian: szervezettség — quality of being organized
  • Indonesian: pengaturan — quality of being organized
  • Japanese: 組織 (soshiki) — quality of being organized
  • Korean: 조직 (jojik) — quality of being organized
  • Lithuanian: tvarkingumas — quality of being organized
  • Lithuanian: organizuotumas — quality of being organized
  • Low German: Organisatschoon — quality of being organized
  • Macedonian: организација (organizacija) — quality of being organized
  • Polish: organizacja — quality of being organized
  • Portuguese: organização — quality of being organized
  • Romanian: organizație — quality of being organized
  • Russian: организа́ция (organizácija) — quality of being organized
  • Russian: организо́ванность (organizóvannostʹ) — quality of being organized
  • Spanish: organización — quality of being organized
  • Swedish: organisation — quality of being organized
  • Ottoman Turkish: رابطه (rabıta) — quality of being organized
  • Vietnamese: tổ chức — quality of being organized
  • Bulgarian: организа́ция (organizácija) — the way in which something is organized
  • Czech: organizace — the way in which something is organized
  • Estonian: korraldus — the way in which something is organized
  • Finnish: rakenne — the way in which something is organized
  • Finnish: jäsentely — the way in which something is organized
  • French: organisation — the way in which something is organized
  • German: Ordnung — the way in which something is organized
  • Hindi: संयोजन (sãyojan) — the way in which something is organized
  • Italian: organizzazione — the way in which something is organized
  • Latin: organizātiō — the way in which something is organized
  • Lithuanian: organizavimas — the way in which something is organized
  • Portuguese: organização — the way in which something is organized
  • Romanian: organizare — the way in which something is organized
  • Spanish: organización — the way in which something is organized
  • Swedish: organisering — the way in which something is organized
  • Afrikaans: organisasie — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Albanian: organizatë — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Arabic: مُنَظَّمَة (munaẓẓama) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Arabic: مُؤَسَّسَة (muʔassasa) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Armenian: կազմակերպություն (kazmakerputʻyun) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Azerbaijani: təşkilat — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Azerbaijani: qurum — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Bashkir: ойошма (oyoşma) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Belarusian: арганіза́цыя (arhanizácyja) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Bengali: সংগঠন (śoṅgoṭhon) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Bengali: আঞ্জুমান (anjuman) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Bulgarian: организа́ция (organizácija) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Burmese: သမဂ္ဂ (sa.magga.) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Burmese: အဖွဲ့ (a.hpwai.) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Burmese: အစည်းအရုံး (a.cany:a.rum:) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Catalan: organització — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏙᏢᎯ (unadotlvhi) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Chinese Cantonese: 機構 /机构 — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Chinese Cantonese: 集團 /集团 (zaap6 tyun4) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Chinese Mandarin: 組織 /组织 (zǔzhī) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Chinese Mandarin: 機構 /机构 (jīgòu) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集團 /集团 (jítuán) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Chinese Mandarin: 團體 /团体 (tuántǐ) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Czech: organizace — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Danish: organisation — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Dutch: organisatie — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Esperanto: organizo — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Esperanto: organizaĵo — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Estonian: ühing — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Estonian: organisatsioon — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Finnish: järjestö — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Finnish: organisaatio — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • French: organisation — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Georgian: ორგანიზაცია (organizacia) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • German: Organisation — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Greek: οργάνωση (orgánosi) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Greek: οργανισμός (organismós) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Ancient Greek: σύστασις (sústasis) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Ancient Greek: σύνοδος (súnodos) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Ancient Greek: ἑταιρεία (hetaireía) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Haitian Creole: òganizasyon — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Hausa: ƙungiya — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Hebrew: אִרְגּוּן (irgún) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Hindi: संगठन (saṅgaṭhan) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Hindi: संस्थान (sansthān) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Hindi: संस्था (sansthā) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Hindi: प्रतिष्ठान (pratiṣṭhān) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Hungarian: szervezet — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Iban: organisasyen — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Icelandic: samtök — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Indonesian: organisasi — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Irish: eagraíocht — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Italian: organizzazione — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Japanese: 組織 (soshiki) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Japanese: 機構 (kikō) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Japanese: 団体 (dantai) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Kazakh: ұйым (ūiym) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Kazakh: ұжым (ūjym) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Kazakh: мекеме (mekeme) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Khmer: អង្គការ (ʼɑngkaa) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Korean: 조직 (jojik) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Korean: 기구 (gigu) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Korean: 단체 (danche) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Kumyk: къурум (qurum) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Central Kurdish: دەسگا (desga) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Central Kurdish: ڕێکخراو (rêkixraw) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Northern Kurdish: sazûman — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Kyrgyz: уюм (uyum) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Kyrgyz: мекеме (mekeme) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Ladino: organizasion — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Lao: ອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງ (ʼong kān chat tang) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Lao: ອົງການ (ʼong kān) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Latin: organizātiō — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Latvian: organizācija — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Lithuanian: organizacija — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Low German: Organisatschoon — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Macedonian: организација (organizacija) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Malay: organisasi — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Malay: pertubuhan — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Maltese: organiżżazzjoni — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Marathi: संघटना (saṅghaṭnā) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Mongolian: байгууллага (bajguullaga) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Norwegian: organisering — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Norwegian Bokmål: organisasjon — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: organisasjon — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Pashto: سازمان (sāzmān) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Pashto: تشکل (tašakol) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Iranian Persian: سازْمان (sâzmân) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Iranian Persian: سازِمان (sâzemân) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Iranian Persian: تَشْکیلات (taškilât) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Iranian Persian: مُؤَسِّسِه (mo'assese) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Iranian Persian: اَنْجُمَن (anjoman) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Iranian Persian: تَنْظیم (tanzim) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Polish: organizacja — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Portuguese: organização — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Romanian: organizație — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Romansh: organisaziun — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Russian: организа́ция (organizácija) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Serbo-Croatian: организа́ција — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Serbo-Croatian: organizácija — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Sinhalese: සංවිධානය (saṁwidhānaya) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Slovak: organizácia — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Slovene: organizacija — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Spanish: organización — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Swahili: shirika — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Swedish: organisation — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Tagalog: katatagan — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Tagalog: organisasyon — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Tajik: созмон (sozmon) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Tajik: ташкилот (taškilot) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Tajik: муассиса (muassisa) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Tatar: оешма (oyışma) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Thai: องค์การ (ong-gaan) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Thai: องค์กร (ong-gɔɔn) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Turkish: organizasyon — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Turkmen: gurama — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Ukrainian: організа́ція (orhanizácija) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Urdu: تَنْظِیم (tanzīm) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Urdu: اَنْجُمَنْ (anjuman) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Urdu: مُؤَسِّسَہ (muassisa) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Uyghur: تەشكىلات (teshkilat) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Uzbek: tashkilot — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Uzbek: muassasa — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Vietnamese: tổ chức — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Yiddish: אָרגאַניזאַציע (organizatsye) — group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules
  • Afrikaans: organisasie — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Arabic: مُنَظَّمَة (munaẓẓama) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Armenian: կազմակերպություն (kazmakerputʻyun) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Bashkir: ойошма (oyoşma) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Bulgarian: организа́ция (organizácija) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Catalan: organització — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Czech: organizace — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Dutch: organisatie — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Estonian: ühing — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Estonian: selts — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Finnish: järjestö — group of people consciously cooperating
  • French: organisation — group of people consciously cooperating
  • German: Organisation — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Greek: οργάνωση (orgánosi) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Hindi: प्रतिष्ठान (pratiṣṭhān) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Hindi: संस्थान (sansthān) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Hindi: संगठन (saṅgṭhan) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Irish: eagraíocht — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Japanese: 組織 (soshiki) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Japanese: 団体 (dantai) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Kumyk: къурум (qurum) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Central Kurdish: ڕێکخراو (rêkixraw) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Ladino: organizasion — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Lithuanian: organizacija — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Maltese: organiżżazzjoni — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Māori: tōpūtanga — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Marathi: संघटना (saṅghaṭnā) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Portuguese: organização — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Romanian: organizație — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Romansh: organisaziun — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Russian: организа́ция (organizácija) — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Spanish: organización — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Swahili: shirika — group of people consciously cooperating
  • Yiddish: אָרגאַניזאַציע (organizatsye) — group of people consciously cooperating
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