Definition of "organization" []

• The act or process of organizing. (noun)
• The state or manner of being organized: a high degree of organization. (noun)
• Something that has been organized or made into an ordered whole. (noun)
• Something made up of elements with varied functions that contribute to the whole and to collective functions; an organism. (noun)
• A group of persons organized for a particular purpose; an association: a benevolent organization. (noun)

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• "If, then, every known organization is redolent with contrivance, and teems with marks of design, by what analogy can we conclude that _Deity's organization_ is devoid of these properties? ""
• ""Just as remarkable as Crow's ability to raise money is his bewilderingly complex organization -- if, indeed, the term organization can be accurately applied," Fortune magazine reported in 1973."
• "While the difference in organization is of common knowledge, the consequences do not seem to have been recognized when democratic states began intervening in economic life."