disorder
//dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)//
Forms
- Plural
- disorders
- present (v1)
- disorder
- past (v2)
- disordered
- past participle (v3)
- disordered
- present participle
- disordering
- 3rd person singular
- disorders
Definitions
1.Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
- After playing the children left the room in disorder.
- It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.
2.A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
- The police isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there preserve disorder.
- The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
3.A physical or mental malfunction.
- Bulimia is an eating disorder.
1.To knock out of order or sequence.
2.To throw into a state of disorder.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2369
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Antonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō).