organiser
pronunciation
How to pronounce organiser in British English:
UK ['ɔ:gənaɪzə]
How to pronounce organiser in American English:
US ['ɔgənaɪzə]
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- Noun:
- someone who enlists workers to join a union
- a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise
- 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.
Word Origin
- organiser (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of organizer (q.v.); for spelling, see -ize.
Example
- 1. A better explanation was given by a senior expo organiser last year .
- 2. Some worry that mr obama will always be a community organiser , never a commander-in-chief .
- 3. The wef has carried on expanding into a year-round think-tank and organiser of regional economic summits .
- 4. Children no longer want to play outside , said one organiser , and women are wary of the suddenly crowded grocery stores .
- 5. The protest 's organiser , a university student named li tingting , helped stage another in beijing a week later .