Or`gan*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. organisation.]

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.

2. The state of being organized; also, the relations included in such a state or condition.

What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means?

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.

The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of organization.

• The quality of being organized.
        This painting shows little organization at first glance, but little by little the structure becomes clear.
  
• A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
        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.
  
• A group of people consciously cooperating.
        Over time, the spontaneous movement had become an organization.