1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• organization ,
• organisation

) a group of people who work together ;

3. (

• 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" ;

4. (

• 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" ;

5. (

• 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" ;

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" ;