1. A structured group of people (or businesses, etc.) working together as a company, institution, or association
   "The United Nations is a global organisation"; "Local organisations helped with flood relief";
   - organization, org [informal]
    
2. The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
   "he claims that the present organisation is corrupt";
   - administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, admin [informal]
    
3. An organized structure for arranging or classifying
   "he changed the organisation of the topics";
   - arrangement, organization, system
    
4. An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
   "his compulsive organisation was not an endearing quality";
   - organization, system
    
5. The act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
   "he was brought in to supervise the organisation of a new department";
   - organization
    
6. The activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
   "his organisation of the work force was very efficient";
   - organization
    
7. The act of forming or establishing something
   "the organisation of a PTA group last year";
   - constitution, establishment, formation, organization

Derived forms: organisations

Type of: activity, administration, beginning, body, commencement, disposal, method, methodicalness, orderliness, social group, start, structure

Part of: authorities, government, regime

Encyclopedia: Organisation, Reconstruction and Training