organization
noun
Simple meaning
A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɔɹɡənəˈzeɪʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
countable
A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
A group of people who work together
countable
A group of people consciously cooperating.
uncountable
The quality of being organized.
uncountable
The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
Used this way, organization is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a legal use: the wording is institutional and carries a defined meaning in law rather than a loose everyday one.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Law/legal
- Government/politics
- Academic writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use organization
- “He was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department.”noun
- “His compulsive organization was not an endearing quality.”noun
- “His organization of the work force was very efficient.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
A person who plays an organ.
A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
Relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis.
Formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale.
As an important constituent.
Create (as an entity).
Bring order and organization to.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A chart showing the lines of responsibility between departments of a large organization.
The cost (over a period of five years) of organizing a new corporation or partnership.
International organization for chemical disarmament.
An employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization.
An association including most countries in the western hemisphere.
An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
Of or relating to an organization.
A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise.
Of or relating to an organization.
Underworld organizations.
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