organization
The quality of being organized.
Example
“This painting shows little organization at first glance, but little by little the structure becomes clear.”
Other meanings
The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.
“The organization of the book is as follows.”
A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
“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.”
Related words
- antiorganization
- counterorganization
- cyberorganization
- inorganization
- interorganization
- intraorganization
- malorganization
- merorganization
- misorganization
- multiorganization
- nonorganization
- organigram
Example sentences
Word history
From Medieval Latin "organizātiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “organization” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.