Organisation

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  organisation
       n 1: 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" [syn: {arrangement}, {organization}, {system}]


       2: 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" [syn: {administration}, {governance}, {governing
          body}, {establishment}, {brass}, {organization}]
       3: a group of people who work together [syn: {organization}]
       4: 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" [syn: {organization}, {system}]
       5: the act of organizing a business or business-related
          activity; "he was brought in to supervise the organization
          of a new department" [syn: {organization}]
       6: the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons
          or things properly or methodically; "his organization of
          the work force was very efficient" [syn: {organization}]
       7: the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA
          group last year"; "it was the establishment of his
          reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the
          club" [syn: {constitution}, {establishment}, {formation},
          {organization}]