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organization

(also organisation)
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Definition of organization

noun

  • 1an organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department:a research organization
  • 2 [mass noun] the action of organizing something:the organization of conferences
  • the quality of being systematic and efficient:his lack of organization
  • 3 [mass noun] the way in which the elements of a whole are arranged:the spatial organization of the cells

Derivatives

organizational

adjective

organizationally

adverb

organization in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of organization in the US English dictionary
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