n. a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence

n. any large organization

n. the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

n. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

n. (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

n. the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"

n. 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"

n. an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"

n. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

n. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

n. (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up production"

n. your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

n. an institution supported by an endowment

n. an association organized to promote art or science or education

n. (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up production"

n. the body of faculty and students of a college

n. an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"

n. the body of faculty and students at a university

n. the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"

n. systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"

n. the fabrication of something in a particular shape

n. a military training exercise

n. nonelective government officials

n. persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

n. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"

n. business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"

n. an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"