"non-governmental organization" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: non-governmental organizations [plural], NGO [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=non-governmental organization}} non-governmental organization (plural non-governmental organizations)
  1. A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control). Hypernyms: organization Related terms: third sector Translations (organization with no direct government control): иеиҳабыратəым аиҿкаара (jejḥabəratʼəəm ajĉʼkʼaara) (Abkhaz), organizatë joqeveritare [masculine] (Albanian), مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة (munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ոչ կառավարական կազմակերպություն (očʻ kaṙavarakan kazmakerputʻyun) (Armenian), хӏукуматалъул гьечӏеб организация (ḥʳukumatalˢul hečʼeb organizacija) (Avar), qeyri-hökümət təşkilatı (Azerbaijani), грама́дская арганіза́цыя (hramádskaja arhanizácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), неўрадавая арганізацыя (njeŭradavaja arhanizacyja) (Belarusian), неправи́телствена организа́ция (nepravítelstvena organizácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ӏедалх йозуш йоцу организаци (ˀedalx jozuš jocu organizaci) (Chechen), 非政府組織 /非政府组织 (fēizhèngfǔ zǔzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), nevládní organizace [feminine] (Czech), niet-gouvernementele organisatie [feminine] (Dutch), kansalaisjärjestö (Finnish), organisation non gouvernementale [feminine] (French), არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაცია (arasamtavrobo organizacia) (Georgian), Nichtregierungsorganisation [feminine] (German), nichtstaatliche Organisation [feminine] (German), nem kormányzati szervezet (Hungarian), civil szervezet (Hungarian), lembaga swadaya masyarakat (Indonesian), organisasi nonpemerintah (Indonesian), organizzazione non governativa [feminine] (Italian), 非政府組織 (hiseifu soshiki) (alt: ひせいふそしき) (Japanese), бейүкіметтік ұйым (beiükımettık ūiym) (Kazakh), sabiedriska organizācija [feminine] (Latvian), pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (Malay), ikke-statlig organisasjon (Norwegian), ӕнӕхицауадон организаци (ænæxicawadon organizaci) (Ossetian), organizacja pozarządowa [feminine] (Polish), organização não-governamental [feminine] (Portuguese), organizație non-guvernamentală [feminine] (Romanian), обще́ственная организа́ция (obščéstvennaja organizácija) [feminine] (Russian), неправи́тельственная организа́ция (nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija) [feminine] (Russian), невладина организација [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nevladina organizacija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mimovládna organizácia [feminine] (Slovak), nevladna organizacija [feminine] (Slovene), organización no gubernamental [feminine] (Spanish), shirika lisilo la kiserikali (Swahili), icke-statlig organisation (Swedish), enskild organisation [common-gender] (Swedish), องค์การนอกภาครัฐ (ong-gaan-nɔ̂ɔk-pâak-rát) (Thai), sivil toplum kuruluşu (Turkish), грома́дська організа́ція (hromádsʹka orhanizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), недержавна організація (nederžavna orhanizacija) (Ukrainian), غەيرى ھۆكۈمەت تەشكىلاتى (gheyri hökümet teshkilati) (Uyghur)
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          "roman": "jejḥabəratʼəəm ajĉʼkʼaara",
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة"
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          "word": "ոչ կառավարական կազմակերպություն"
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          "roman": "ḥʳukumatalˢul hečʼeb organizacija",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
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          "roman": "hramádskaja arhanizácyja",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
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          "roman": "njeŭradavaja arhanizacyja",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
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          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "word": "ӏедалх йозуш йоцу организаци"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "word": "非政府組織 /非政府组织"
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
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          "word": "kansalaisjärjestö"
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          "code": "fr",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "organisation non gouvernementale"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "word": "არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაცია"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
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          "code": "kk",
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          "roman": "beiükımettık ūiym",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "organização não-governamental"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "organizație non-guvernamentală"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obščéstvennaja organizácija",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "обще́ственная организа́ция"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "неправи́тельственная организа́ция"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "невладина организација"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nevladina organizacija"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mimovládna organizácia"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nevladna organizacija"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "organización no gubernamental"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "word": "shirika lisilo la kiserikali"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "word": "icke-statlig organisation"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "enskild organisation"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ong-gaan-nɔ̂ɔk-pâak-rát",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "word": "องค์การนอกภาครัฐ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "word": "sivil toplum kuruluşu"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hromádsʹka orhanizácija",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "грома́дська організа́ція"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nederžavna orhanizacija",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "word": "недержавна організація"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "gheyri hökümet teshkilati",
          "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
          "word": "غەيرى ھۆكۈمەت تەشكىلاتى"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "non-governmental organization"
}
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    {
      "form": "non-governmental organizations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "NGO",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "head": "non-governmental organization"
      },
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    }
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  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "organization"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "third sector"
    }
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          "word": "governmental organization"
        }
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        "Terms with Avar translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Chechen translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
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      "glosses": [
        "A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control)."
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          "legal",
          "legal"
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          "constitute",
          "constitute"
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          "non-commercial",
          "non-commercial"
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          "direct",
          "direct"
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          "control",
          "control"
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          "participation",
          "participation"
        ],
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          "representation",
          "representation"
        ],
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          "state",
          "state"
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          "government",
          "government"
        ],
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          "funding",
          "funding"
        ],
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          "public",
          "public"
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          "indirect",
          "indirect"
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    {
      "code": "ab",
      "lang": "Abkhaz",
      "roman": "jejḥabəratʼəəm ajĉʼkʼaara",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "иеиҳабыратəым аиҿкаара"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "organizatë joqeveritare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "očʻ kaṙavarakan kazmakerputʻyun",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "ոչ կառավարական կազմակերպություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "av",
      "lang": "Avar",
      "roman": "ḥʳukumatalˢul hečʼeb organizacija",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "хӏукуматалъул гьечӏеб организация"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "qeyri-hökümət təşkilatı"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hramádskaja arhanizácyja",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "грама́дская арганіза́цыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njeŭradavaja arhanizacyja",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "неўрадавая арганізацыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepravítelstvena organizácija",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неправи́телствена организа́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "ˀedalx jozuš jocu organizaci",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "ӏедалх йозуш йоцу организаци"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēizhèngfǔ zǔzhī",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "非政府組織 /非政府组织"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nevládní organizace"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niet-gouvernementele organisatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "kansalaisjärjestö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "organisation non gouvernementale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "arasamtavrobo organizacia",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nichtregierungsorganisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nichtstaatliche Organisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "nem kormányzati szervezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "civil szervezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "lembaga swadaya masyarakat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "organisasi nonpemerintah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "organizzazione non governativa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひせいふそしき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiseifu soshiki",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "非政府組織"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "beiükımettık ūiym",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "бейүкіметтік ұйым"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sabiedriska organizācija"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "pertubuhan bukan kerajaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "ikke-statlig organisasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "ænæxicawadon organizaci",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "ӕнӕхицауадон организаци"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "organizacja pozarządowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "organização não-governamental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "organizație non-guvernamentală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obščéstvennaja organizácija",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обще́ственная организа́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неправи́тельственная организа́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "невладина организација"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nevladina organizacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mimovládna organizácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nevladna organizacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "organización no gubernamental"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "shirika lisilo la kiserikali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "icke-statlig organisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "enskild organisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ong-gaan-nɔ̂ɔk-pâak-rát",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "องค์การนอกภาครัฐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "sivil toplum kuruluşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hromádsʹka orhanizácija",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "грома́дська організа́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nederžavna orhanizacija",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "недержавна організація"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "gheyri hökümet teshkilati",
      "sense": "organization with no direct government control",
      "word": "غەيرى ھۆكۈمەت تەشكىلاتى"
    }
  ],
  "word": "non-governmental organization"
}

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