1.
[syn: reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup]
2. an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government;
- Example: "after the takeover there was a thorough reorganization"
- Example: "the reorganization was prescribed by federal bankruptcy laws"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reorganization \Re*or`gan*i*za"tion\ (-gan-?-z?"sh?n), n.
The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as,
reorganization of the troops.
[1913 Webster] re-organize
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reorganization
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]
2: an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or
government; "after the takeover there was a thorough
reorganization"; "the reorganization was prescribed by
federal bankruptcy laws"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "reorganization":
copy, duplication, imitation, overturn, palingenesis, re-creation,
re-formation, realignment, rearrangement, rebirth, rebuilding,
reconstitution, reconstruction, redesign, redisposition,
redistribution, redoing, reedition, reestablishment, refashioning,
regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution, reissue, remaking,
renascence, renovation, reordering, repetition, reprinting,
reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurrection,
revision, revival, revolution, shake-up, turnover