disturbance

CEFRB1

/dɪˈstɜː.bəns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something that interrupts peace, order, or normal activity.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.

Examples

  • I'm afraid that I've caused a slight disturbance.

  • The police arrested Tom after responding to reports of a disturbance at his home.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • [dɪˈstɜːbn̩s]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something that disturbs.

  2. The act of disturbing, being disturbed.

  3. An interruption of that which is normal or regular.

More examples

In context

  • The police intervened in the disturbance.

  • That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he’s such a disturbance.

  • Blue No. 1 and yellow No. 6 may also be toxic to some human cells. And as little as 1 milligram of yellow dye No. 5 may cause irritability, restlessness and sleep disturbances for sensitive children.

Antonyms

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A minor blank in the courtroom caused the judge to call for order.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English disturbaunce, from Old French destorbance, destourbance, from destourber (“disturb”), from Latin disturbō. By surface analysis, disturb + -ance.