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Word organization
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃn / NAmE / ˌɔːrɡənəˈzeɪʃn /
Example
  • to work for a business/political/voluntary organization
  • the world health organization
  • he's the president of a large international organization.
  • i leave most of the organization of these conferences to my assistant.
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organization

(noun)BrE / ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃn / NAmE / ˌɔːrɡənəˈzeɪʃn /
  1. a group of people who form a business, club, etc. together in order to achieve a particular aim
    • to work for a business/political/voluntary organization
    • the World Health Organization
    • He's the president of a large international organization.
  2. the act of making arrangements or preparations for something
    • synonym planning
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/planning
    • I leave most of the organization of these conferences to my assistant.
    • A wedding on that scale takes a lot of organization.
  3. the way in which the different parts of something are arranged
    • synonym structure
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/structure_1
    • The report studies the organization of labour within the company.
  4. the quality of being arranged in a neat, careful and logical way
    • She is highly intelligent but her work lacks organization.

    Extra Examples

    • I admire her effective organization of the campaign.
    • Most of these mistakes were the result of poor organization.
    • The country plans to leave the organization.
    • There are several talented people in that organization.
    • a front organization for drug trafficking
    • a high degree of organization
    • the smooth organization of the trip
    • An event on this scale takes a lot of organization.
    • As a manager he’s obsessed with organization.
    • Different public sector organizations adopt different accounting practices.
    • She’s highly intelligent but her work lacks organization.
    • The World Health Organization has called for $10 million to purchase medical supplies.
    • The group is seen as a political organization.
    • The report studies the organization of labour within the civil service.
    • There are several non-governmental and non-profit organizations offering humanitarian assistance in the region.
    • There need to be changes throughout the organization.
    • These ideas are too simple for the more complex organization of modern societies.
    • They blamed the government for the poor organization of the election.
    • They experimented with new forms of social organization.
    • This should improve communications within the organization.
    • Voluntary organizations working with the homeless are against the proposal.
    • We examined the organization of existing charities.
    • What do you think about the general organization of the piece?
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