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ORGANISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does organised mean?
• ORGANISED (adjective)
The adjective ORGANISED has 1 sense:
1. being a member of or formed into a labor union
Familiarity information: ORGANISED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being a member of or formed into a labor union
Synonyms:
organised; organized; unionised; unionized
Context example:
a unionized shop
Similar:
union (of trade unions)
Context examples
It was a pity that we had not some better organised plan of attack, for even at the moment I wondered what we were to do.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He was armed with the weapons of the slain guards—a live arsenal that fled through the hills pursued by the organised might of society.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
According to Virginie Hess, who partly organised the consultation, the lack of information and control is pointed at.
(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)
RNAs carry information between protein and DNA in cells, and Professor Jaramillo has proved that these molecules can be produced and organised into tailor-made sequences of commands, similar to codes for computer software, which feed specific instructions into cells, programming them to do what we want.
(Cells Programmed Like Computers to Fight Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Following complaints about mobile phone antennae a consultation was organised by the Walloon Region in Belgium.
(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)
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