LO Fanatics:
It seems Doc Holloway went to the horse's mouth and counted the teeth.
He posted the following. which I repeat here just because it might be a
permanent part of Rick's ending post with the option for new definitions
to be added.
>(Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged):
>
>1. the act or process of organizing
>2. the state or manner of being organized
>3. that which is organized
>4. organic structure, composition
>5. a body of persons organized for some end or work
>6. the administrative personnel or apparatus of a business
>7. the functionaries of a political party along with the offices, committees,
>etc.
>8. an organism
Is not the English language an open system? The lexicographers meet yearly
and vote new words into the system. I believe the "Fast Company"
Consultant Debunking Unit has already dealt with the idea that eskimos
have 24 words for snow (not found to be true). We could go to a German
type of noun building system, or continue to use context to identify the
sense in which the words are used.
organizationdoing >1. the act or process of organizing
orgnizationdone >2. the state or manner of being organized
organizationis >3. that which is organized
organizationform>4. organic structure, composition
organizationgroup>5. a body of persons organized for some end or work
organizationapparat>6. the administrative personnel or apparatus of a business
organizationhierarchy>7. the functionaries of a political party along with
the offices, committees,
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