1. Living things; individual animals, plants, fungi, or microorganisms
Different organisms thrive in different environments.
Diferentes organismos prosperam em ambientes distintos.
2. Individual members of a species capable of independent functioning
The study examined how organisms adapt to climate change.
O estudo examinou como os organismos se adaptam às mudanças climáticas.
3. A system or structure perceived as a unified whole
A corporation can be viewed as a social organism.
Uma corporação pode ser vista como um organismo social.