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SHAKEUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shakeup mean? 

SHAKEUP (noun)
  The noun SHAKEUP has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SHAKEUP (noun)


Sense 1

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 example:

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)

Derivation:

shake up (organize anew)


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