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REORGANIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government
Example:
the reorganization was prescribed by federal bankruptcy laws
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reorganization" is a kind of...):
alteration; revision (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification))
Derivation:
reorganize (organize anew)
reorganize (organize anew, as after a setback)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
Example:
top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup
Synonyms:
reorganisation; reorganization; shake-up; shakeup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reorganization" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)
Derivation:
reorganize (organize anew)
reorganize (organize anew, as after a setback)
Context examples:
Your meditation and possible reorganization of your finances may come up at the full moon of November 12.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
These signaling events culminate in reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton; a prerequisite for changes in cell shape and motility, and gene expression.
(Focal Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
The NR-treated mice also had less DNA damage, higher neuroplasticity (activity and reorganization of brain cells associated with learning or memory), increased production of new neurons from neuronal stem cells, and lower levels of neuronal damage and death.
(Compound prevents neurological damage, shows cognitive benefits in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)
The Division of Cancer Biology (DCB) was created by the reorganization of NCI in 1995, and has the principal Federal responsibility for managing a grant- and contract-supported program of basic and applied research on cancer cell biology, including research on carcinogenesis and cancer immunology.
(Division of Cancer Biology, NCI Thesaurus)
Actin reorganization assists integrin clustering, allowing more ECM binding that increase FAK phosphorylation and other signal transduction events.
(Extracellular Matrix Binding Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
