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Another word for organization

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Noun

  1. The act of founding or establishing

    See also:

    start

  2. A way or condition of being arranged

      1. A following of one thing after another; succession.
      2. An order of succession; an arrangement.
      3. A related or continuous series.
      1. The act of placing or arranging.
      2. The state of being placed or arranged.
      3. The finding of suitable accommodation or employment for applicants.
      1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
      2. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved:
      3. Condition or state in general:
      1. An array or sequential display of persons or photographs of persons presented to a complainant or potential witness for the purpose of identifying a suspect in a crime.
      2. The members of a team chosen to start a game.
      3. A sequence of broadcasts or events for public entertainment:
      1. The act or an instance of laying out.
      2. An arrangement or plan, especially the schematic arrangement of parts or areas:
      3. The art or process of arranging printed or graphic matter on a page.
      1. The act or process of uniting into groups.
      2. A collection of people or things united into a group.
      1. The act or process of forming something or of taking form.
      2. Something formed:
      3. The manner or style in which something is formed; structure:
      1. The process of marketing and supplying goods, especially to retailers.
      2. The transmission of inherited property to its heirs after taxes, debts, and costs of the estate have been paid.
      3. Something distributed; an allotment:
      1. One's usual mood; temperament:
      2. A habitual inclination; a tendency:
      3. A physical property or tendency:
      1. A particular order, distribution, or placement:
      2. A particular method of attending to or settling matters.
      3. Transference by gift or sale.
      1. Installing, setting up, testing and running. This military term, which means the placement of troops and equipment in the field, is widely used with computers as an alternate to the word "implementation." For example, "XYZ software deployment" is the same as saying "XYZ software implementation." To "deploy" something is to "get it installed and running."
      1. The act, process, or result of classifying.
      2. A category or class.
      3. The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary or structural relationships between them; taxonomy.
      1. A group of things arranged by category; a classification.
      2. The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.
      1. The act or process of arranging:
      2. The condition, manner, or result of being arranged; disposal:
      3. A collection of things that have been arranged:
    See also:

    order

  3. Systematic arrangement and design

    See also:

    order

  4. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common

      1. The act of uniting or the state of being united.
      2. A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit.
      3. A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets.
      1. A chiefly social organization of women students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.
      2. An association or a society of women.
      1. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
      2. A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture:
      3. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest:
      1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
      2. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved:
      3. Condition or state in general:
      1. An association of states, organizations, or individuals for common action; an alliance.
      2. An association of teams or clubs that compete chiefly among themselves.
      3. A class or level of competition:
      1. An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards.
      2. A similar association, as of merchants or artisans, in medieval times.
      3. A group of species in a community that use similar environmental resources in a similar way, such as a group of songbirds that all glean insects from leaves.
      1. A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
      2. A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes:
      3. A social organization at a college or university, traditionally consisting of male students and designated by Greek letters.
      1. The companionship of individuals in a congenial atmosphere and on equal terms:
      2. Friendship; comradeship:
      3. A close association of friends or equals sharing similar interests:
      1. The act of federating, especially a joining together of states into a league or federal union.
      2. A league or association formed by federating, especially a government or political body established through federal union.
      1. A formal assembly of representatives, as of various nations, to discuss problems.
      2. The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic.
      3. The national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
      1. The act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy.
      2. The state of being confederated.
      3. A group of confederates, especially of states or nations, united for a common purpose; a league.
      1. A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
      2. An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.
      3. Something resembling a club.
      1. The act of associating or the state of being associated.
      2. An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society.
      3. A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations.
    See also:

    group

  5. An association, especially of nations for a common cause

      1. The act of uniting or the state of being united.
      2. A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit.
      3. A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets.
      1. An association of states, organizations, or individuals for common action; an alliance.
      2. An association of teams or clubs that compete chiefly among themselves.
      3. A class or level of competition:
      1. The act of federating, especially a joining together of states into a league or federal union.
      2. A league or association formed by federating, especially a government or political body established through federal union.
      1. The act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy.
      2. The state of being confederated.
      3. A group of confederates, especially of states or nations, united for a common purpose; a league.
      1. A union of persons, parties, or states; a league.
      2. The persons, parties, or states joined in such a union.
      3. The Confederate States of America.
      1. An alliance, especially a temporary one, of people, factions, parties, or nations.
      2. A combination into one body; a union.
      3. A long-term cooperative alliance among a small number of male lions or cheetahs, especially to gain access to females or territory.
      1. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
      2. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
      3. A group of parties, factions, or nations united in a common cause; a bloc.
      1. A group of nations, parties, or persons united for common action:
      2. An often bipartisan coalition of legislators acting together for a common purpose or interest:
      1. political or economic union; specif., the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938
      1. A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes:
      2. A formal agreement establishing such an association, especially an international treaty of friendship.
      3. A connection based on kinship, marriage, or common interest; a bond or tie:
    See also:

    politics

    group

    connect

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Another word for organization

Noun

  1. The process of organizing

    See also:

    classification

    Antonyms:

  2. The manner of organizing

      1. state, quality, or instance of being uniform
      1. The correspondence of the form and arrangement of elements or parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane or about a center or an axis:
      2. A relationship in which there is correspondence or similarity between entities or parts:
      3. Beauty as a result of pleasing proportions or harmonious arrangement:
      1. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
      2. A set of two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture.
      3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
      1. Arrangement or position in a straight line or in parallel lines.
      2. The process of adjusting parts so that they are in proper relative position:
      3. The condition of having parts so adjusted:
      1. The act, process, or result of classifying.
      2. A category or class.
      3. The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary or structural relationships between them; taxonomy.
      1. One's usual mood; temperament:
      2. A habitual inclination; a tendency:
      3. A physical property or tendency:
      1. The act or process of arranging:
      2. The condition, manner, or result of being arranged; disposal:
      3. A collection of things that have been arranged:
      1. The act or process of settling:
      2. The settling or establishment of a person or a group of people, as in a new region or in a business.
      3. A newly colonized region.
      1. The process of complying (evaluate by comparing) with a standard.
      2. The process of establishing a standard.
      1. Serving as or conforming to an established or accepted measurement or value:
      2. Widely recognized or employed as a model of authority or excellence:
      3. Acceptable but of less than top quality:
      1. A relationship or connection between two things based on co-occurrence or pattern of change:
      2. The tendency for two values or variables to change together, in either the same or opposite way:
      3. An act of correlating or the condition of being correlated.
      1. The state or quality of being one or united into a whole:
      2. The state or quality of being in accord; harmony:
      3. The state or quality of being unified in an aesthetic whole, as in a work of literature:
      1. An orderly or pleasing combination of elements in a whole:
      2. A relationship in which various components exist together without destroying one another:
      3. A relationship characterized by a lack of conflict or by agreement, as of opinion or interest:
      1. The act of adjusting or the state of being adjusted.
      2. A means of adjusting.
      3. Settlement of a debt or claim.
      1. The act of coordinating.
      2. The state of being coordinate; harmonious adjustment or interaction.
      3. Harmonious functioning of muscles or groups of muscles in the execution of movements.
      1. A means or manner of procedure, especially a regular and systematic way of accomplishing something:
      2. Orderly arrangement of parts or steps to accomplish an end:
      3. The procedures and techniques characteristic of a particular discipline or field of knowledge:
      1. An organism as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions:
      2. A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts:
      3. A group of interacting mechanical or electrical components:
      1. The act of regulating or the state of being regulated.
      2. A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.
      3. A governmental order having the force of law.
    See also:

    order

    Antonyms:

  3. An organized body

      1. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
      2. A set of two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture.
      3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
      1. A company or group of actors, dancers, or other performers.
      1. A small, often select group of persons who associate with one another frequently.
      1. To put in a specified position or arrangement; place:
      2. To put into a specified state:
      3. To cause to begin an action:
      1. A plane curve everywhere equidistant from a given fixed point, the center.
      2. A planar region bounded by a circle.
      3. Something, such as a ring, shaped like such a plane curve.
      1. A small exclusive group of friends or associates.
      2. To form, associate in, or act as a clique.
      1. A group of people working together; a gang:
      2. A group of people, especially friends or associates.
      3. All personnel operating or serving aboard a ship.
      1. A small group of people organized in a common endeavor or activity.
      2. The smallest tactical unit of military personnel.
      3. A small unit of police officers.
      1. A group on the same side, as in a game.
      2. A group organized for work or activity:
      3. Two or more draft animals used to pull a vehicle or farm implement.
      1. A chiefly social organization of women students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.
      2. An association or a society of women.
      1. A society or an association, especially a devotional or charitable society for the laity in the Roman Catholic Church.
      2. Fellowship.
      1. A thin strip of flexible material used to encircle and bind one object or to hold a number of objects together:
      2. A strip or stripe that contrasts with something else in color, texture, or material.
      3. A narrow strip of fabric used to trim, finish, or reinforce articles of clothing.
      1. The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal.
      2. The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
      3. A corpse or carcass.
      1. an affiliating or being affiliated; connection, as with an organization, club, etc.
      1. A union of persons, parties, or states; a league.
      2. The persons, parties, or states joined in such a union.
      3. The Confederate States of America.
      1. Harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord.
      2. A treaty establishing peaceful relations.
      3. Agreement between words in person, number, gender, or case.
      1. The state or relationship of being brothers.
      2. Fellowship.
      3. An association of men, such as a fraternity or union, united for common purposes.
      1. A cottage or cabin, often rustic, used as a temporary abode or shelter:
      2. A small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper.
      3. An inn.
      1. The companionship of individuals in a congenial atmosphere and on equal terms:
      2. Friendship; comradeship:
      3. A close association of friends or equals sharing similar interests:
      1. An association of people or firms formed to promote a common interest or carry out a business enterprise.
      2. A loose affiliation of gangsters in control of organized criminal activities.
      3. An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously.
      1. An alliance, especially a temporary one, of people, factions, parties, or nations.
      2. A combination into one body; a union.
      3. A long-term cooperative alliance among a small number of male lions or cheetahs, especially to gain access to females or territory.
      1. The business of buying and selling commodities, products, or services; commerce.
      2. A branch or kind of business:
      3. The people working in or associated with a business or industry:
      1. An occupation or career:
      2. An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.
      3. The body of qualified persons in an occupation or field:
      1. An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards.
      2. A similar association, as of merchants or artisans, in medieval times.
      3. A group of species in a community that use similar environmental resources in a similar way, such as a group of songbirds that all glean insects from leaves.
      1. Done in cooperation with others:
      2. Marked by willingness to cooperate; compliant:
      3. Of, relating to, or formed as an enterprise or organization jointly owned or managed by those who use its facilities or services:
      1. A social gathering especially for pleasure or amusement:
      2. A group of people who have gathered to participate in an activity:
      3. A group of soldiers selected for a duty or mission:
      1. A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes:
      2. A formal agreement establishing such an association, especially an international treaty of friendship.
      3. A connection based on kinship, marriage, or common interest; a bond or tie:
      1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
      2. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved:
      3. Condition or state in general:
      1. A structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family.
      2. A household or family.
      3. Something, such as a burrow or shell, that serves as a shelter or habitation for a wild animal.
      1. A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
      2. A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes:
      3. A social organization at a college or university, traditionally consisting of male students and designated by Greek letters.
      1. A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
      2. An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.
      3. Something resembling a club.
      1. An association of states, organizations, or individuals for common action; an alliance.
      2. An association of teams or clubs that compete chiefly among themselves.
      3. A class or level of competition:
      1. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
      2. A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture:
      3. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest:
      1. A group of persons:
      2. One's companions or associates:
      3. A guest or guests:
      1. The sector of an economy made up of manufacturing enterprises:
      2. A sector of an economy:
      3. Energetic devotion to a task or an endeavor; diligence:
      1. The activity of buying and selling commodities, products, or services:
      2. The amount or volume of this activity:
      3. The variety of this activity in which a person is engaged:
      1. A device consisting of fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy and transmits it in a more useful form.
      2. A system or device for doing work, as an automobile or jackhammer, together with its power source and auxiliary equipment.
      3. A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task:
      1. The act of combining or the state of being combined.
      2. The result of combining.
      3. An alliance of persons or parties for a common purpose; an association.
      1. Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service:
      2. A company, group, or individual having exclusive control over a commercial activity.
      3. A commodity or service so controlled.
      1. The act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy.
      2. The state of being confederated.
      3. A group of confederates, especially of states or nations, united for a common purpose; a league.
      1. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
      2. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
      3. A group of parties, factions, or nations united in a common cause; a bloc.
      1. Firm belief in the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing; confidence or reliance:
      2. The condition and resulting obligation of having confidence placed in one:
      3. One in which confidence is placed.
      1. To establish, organize, or introduce:
      2. To initiate; begin:
      3. To establish or invest (someone) in an office or position.
      1. The act of uniting or the state of being united.
      2. A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit.
      3. A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets.