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ORGANIZER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
Synonyms:
organiser; organizer; PDA; personal digital assistant; personal organiser; personal organizer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("organizer" is a kind of...):
electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)
Derivation:
organize (bring order and organization to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise
Example:
she was the organizer of the meeting
Synonyms:
arranger; organiser; organizer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("organizer" is a kind of...):
thinker (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "organizer"):
co-ordinator; coordinator (someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously)
orderer; systematiser; systematist; systematizer; systemiser; systemizer (an organizer who puts things in order)
Derivation:
organize (bring order and organization to)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone who enlists workers to join a union
Synonyms:
labor organizer; organiser; organizer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("organizer" is a kind of...):
union representative (a representative for a labor union)
Instance hyponyms:
Debs; Eugene V. Debs; Eugene Victor Debs (United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926))
Derivation:
organize (plan and direct (a complex undertaking))
organize (form or join a union)
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