*organization*

n. [ Cf. F. désorganisation. See Disorganize, v. t. ] 1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government. [ 1913 Webster ]

The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being without organization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`ros part + E. organization. ] Organization in part. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. organisation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. “The first organization of the general government.” Pickering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being organized. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is organized; an organized existence; an organism; specif. (Biol.), an arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of organization. McKendrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Specifically: A group of persons associated together for a common purpose and having a set of rules which specify the relations of the individual members to the whole gorup. [ PJC ]

5. The manner in which something is organized; the relations included in an organized state or condition; as, the organization of the department permits ad hoc groups to form. [ PJC ]

What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means? Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to organization; as, organizational structure. [ WordNet 1.5 ]