organization

organization
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. arrangement, classification, class; association, society, club, establishment, enterprise; organism. See party, organic matter, form.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The process of organizing]
Syn. establishment, formulation, schematization, plan, planning, disposition, ordering, creation, molding, grouping, projection, design, provision, working out, assembling, construction, deliberation, institution, foundation, preparation, rehearsal, direction, structure, situation, formation, association; see also classification 1 .
Ant. confusion*, confounding, disintegration.
2. [The manner of organizing]
Syn. regulation, systematization, system, method, methodizing, coordination, adjustment, harmony, unity, correlation, standard, standardization, settlement, arrangement, disposition, classification, alignment, group, symmetry, uniformity; see also order 3 .
Ant. confusion*, bedlam, chance.
3. [An organized body]
Syn. aggregation, association, federation, combine, corporation, union, institute, trust, cartel, confederation, monopoly, combination, machine, business, industry, company, society, league, club, fraternity, house, order, alliance, party, cooperative, guild, profession, trade, coalition, syndicate, fellowship, lodge, brotherhood, concord, confederacy, affiliation, body, band, sodality, sorority, team, squad, crew, clique, circle, set, coterie, troupe, group.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. a united group association, corporation, federation, syndication, union, alliance, company, league, institute, club, guild, corps, confederation, sorority, fraternity, cartel, brotherhood, sisterhood, coalition, affiliation, network, consortium, team. 2. arrangement order, systemization, classification, coordination, ordering, construction, assembling, institution, disposition, standardization. see order
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of founding or establishing: constitution, creation, establishment, foundation, institution, origination, start-up. See START. 2. A way or condition of being arranged: arrangement, categorization, classification, deployment, disposal, disposition, distribution, formation, grouping, layout, lineup, order, placement, sequence. See ORDER. 3. Systematic arrangement and design: method, order, orderliness, pattern, plan, system, systematiza-tion, systemization. See ORDER. 4. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common: association, club, confederation, congress, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, society, sorority, union. See GROUP. 5. An association, especially of nations for a common cause: alliance, Anschluss, bloc, cartel, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union. See CONNECT, GROUP, POLITICS.

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