disorder
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- disordre (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From dis- + order. Middle English disordeine, from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɔːɹdɚ/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)də(r)
- Hyphenation: dis‧or‧der
NounEdit
disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)
- Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.
- After playing the children left the room in disorder.
- A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
- The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room
- The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
- (medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.
- Bulimia is an eating disorder.
SynonymsEdit
- (absence of order): chaos, entropy; see also Thesaurus:disorder
- (disturbance of civic peace): See also Thesaurus:riot
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
absence of order
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disturbance of civic order or of public order
physical or psychical malfunction
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VerbEdit
disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)
- (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
- (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.
TranslationsEdit
to throw into disorder
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to knock out of order or sequence
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