Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the imposition of a new organization;
organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes);
- Example: "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"- Example: "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"[syn: reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shake-up
n 1: the imposition of a new organization; organizing
differently (often involving extensive and drastic
changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the
reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were
forced out in the cabinet shakeup" [syn: reorganization,
reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup]