"organizations" in the noun sense
1. organization, organisation
a group of people who work together
2. arrangement, organization, organisation, system
an organized structure for arranging or classifying
"he changed the arrangement of the topics"
"the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"
"he tried to understand their system of classification"
3. administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
"he claims that the present administration is corrupt"
"the governance of an association is responsible to its members"
"he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
4. organization, organisation
the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
"he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"
5. organization, organisation, system
an ordered manner orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
"his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"
"we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
6. organization, organisation
the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
"his organization of the work force was very efficient"
7. constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
the act of forming or establishing something
"the constitution of a PTA group last year"
"it was the establishment of his reputation"
"he still remembers the organization of the club"
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