organization
/ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This painting shows little organization at first glance, but little by little the structure becomes clear."
- "The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness."
- "The organization of the book is as follows."
- "In response to the crisis, the nations in the region formed an organization. If you want to be part of this organization, you have to follow its rules."
- "Compulsion is universal, and any organization that is not part of the state must be its enemy, thus the enemy of the proletariat."
- "Over time, the spontaneous movement had become an organization."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French organisation, from Medieval Latin organizātiō; by surface analysis, organize + -ation.
Word Breakdown
- Root: organizātiō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Usage
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Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
organize
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Synonyms
organization/organisation
constitution
establishment
formation
organisation
system
arrangement
administration
governance
governing body
brass