organisation

• organization (US)

From Middle French organisation, equivalent to organise +‎ -ation.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹɡənɪˈzeɪʃən/

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organisation (countable and uncountable, plural organisations)

1. Non-Oxford British English and Australian standard spelling of organization.
   • 2003, Peter Gronn, The New Work of Educational Leaders:

     […] a number of commentators have noted how, during meetings and in committees, for example, organisation members often experience an attack of the sillies by playing the fool and horsing around.

   • 2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 April 2020:

     We know that many male City employees still go to lapdancing clubs for a fun night out. We know City organisations have struggled in their vaunted attempts to get more women on boards.

   • 2023 February 4, Amelia Tait, “‘It’s a control thing’: why are we so fascinated by super-organised homes?”, in The Guardian‎^[2], archived from the original on 18 March 2023:

     Although excessive organisation began as a hobby of the ultra-wealthy (Shearer and Teplin once sorted Reese Witherspoon’s closet, and charge more than £200 an hour for their services), storage-stuffed homes are increasingly commonplace.

• disorganisation
• organisational
• organise

organisation c (singular definite organisationen, plural indefinite organisationer)

1. organization

• “organisation” in Den Danske Ordbog

From organiser +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: organisations

organisation f (plural organisations)

1. organization

• Organisation des Nations Unies
• Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord
• organisation internationale
• organisation non gouvernementale

• organisateur

• → German: Organisation
  • → Romanian: organizație
• → Polish: organizacja, organizacyja (Middle Polish), organizacya (pre-reform orthography (1816))
  • → Kashubian: òrganizacjô
• → Turkish: organizasyon

• “organisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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organisation c

1. organization (of something)

   Synonym: organisering

2. an organization (a group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules)

• organisation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• organisation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)