organization

B1 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled organisation

US /ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #3346

Meanings

1

noun
A group of people working together for a shared purpose, such as a company or charity.

She works for a non-profit organization that helps refugees.
2

noun
The act of arranging people or things in an efficient, methodical way.

The organization of the event took months of planning.
3

noun
The way in which something is arranged or structured.

The organization of the report makes it easy to follow.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms organizations

Derived forms antiorganizationcounterorganizationcyberorganizationdisorganizationinorganizationinterorganizationintraorganizationmalorganizationmerorganizationmisorganizationmultiorganizationnonorganization

Related forms organize

Common collocations

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French organisation, from Medieval Latin organizātiō; by surface analysis, organize + -ation.

organizātiō la-med

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Topics

People & Society

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# organization

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 3346

## Meanings
1. A group of people working together for a shared purpose, such as a company or charity.
2. The act of arranging people or things in an efficient, methodical way.
3. The way in which something is arranged or structured.

## Examples
- She works for a non-profit organization that helps refugees.
- The organization of the event took months of planning.
- The organization of the report makes it easy to follow.

## Derived Forms
- antiorganization
- counterorganization
- cyberorganization
- disorganization
- inorganization
- interorganization
- intraorganization
- malorganization
- merorganization
- misorganization
- multiorganization
- nonorganization

## Related Forms
- organize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: organizātiō
- Affix: -ation - act

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French organisation, from Medieval Latin organizātiō; by surface analysis, organize + -ation.

## AI Etymology
Organization was borrowed from Middle French organisation, from Medieval Latin organizātiō; by surface analysis, organize + -ation. Modern senses include a group of people working together for a shared purpose, such as a company or charity and the act of arranging people or things in an efficient, methodical way. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antiorganization, counterorganization, cyberorganization, disorganization, inorganization, and interorganization and related forms such as organize.

## Topics
- People & Society

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