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disorder

//dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for disorder

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
disorders

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
disorder
past (v2)
disordered
past participle (v3)
disordered
present participle
disordering
3rd person singular
disorders

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 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. 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. 3.A physical or mental malfunction.

    • Bulimia is an eating disorder.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To knock out of order or sequence.

  2. 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

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō).

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