# organization

Pronunciation: US say "or-guh-ni-ZAY-shuhn" /ˌɔɹɡənɪˈzeɪʃən/; UK say "or-guh-ny-ZAY-shuhn" /ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/

## Noun

1. A group of people who work together in an organized way for a shared purpose, such as a company, club, charity, or political body.
   - Simple: A group of people who work together for the same purpose, like a company or a club.
   - _The nonprofit organization filed its bylaws with the state last year._
   - _She left her law firm to work for a small organization that helps refugees find housing._
2. The process of planning something out and putting its parts in order, as for an event or a project.
   - Simple: The work of planning something and getting everything ready for it, like a party or a project.
   - _The organization of the three-day conference fell to a small team of graduate students._
   - _He was praised for his organization of the relief effort after the flood._
3. The way in which something is arranged or structured, as in a book or an article.
   - Simple: The way something is arranged or put together, like the parts of a book.
   - _The organization of the manual follows the order of the assembly steps._
   - _Reviewers praised the clear organization of the textbook's chapters._
4. The quality of being orderly, methodical, and well arranged.
   - Simple: The quality of keeping things neat and in good order.
   - _Running a busy restaurant kitchen calls for speed, calm, and a great deal of organization._
   - _The report lacks organization, so its best points are buried in the middle._
5. In baseball, a major league club along with all of its affiliated minor league (farm) teams.
   - Simple: In baseball, a major league team together with all the smaller teams that train players for it.
   - _The pitcher rose through the organization, starting in the rookie league before his major league debut._
   - _Every pitcher in the organization, from the major league roster down to the lowest minor league team, follows the same training plan._

## Origin

Read on the surface, it is "organize" plus the suffix "-ation," but the word was borrowed from Middle French "organisation," which goes back to Medieval Latin "organizātiō."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/organization (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).