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SHAKEUP

Pronunciation (US):

• SHAKEUP (noun)
The noun SHAKEUP has 1 sense:

1. the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)

Familiarity information: SHAKEUP used as a noun is very rare.

• SHAKEUP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reorganisation; reorganization; shake-up; shakeup

Context examples:

a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum / top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup

Hypernyms ("shakeup" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

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(Dutch proverb)

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