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# disorder

noun (disorder, a disorder, disorders); verb (disorder, rare)

«disorder» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An untidy state where things are not in order; a mess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#m1)
2. (formal) Trouble or fighting among a group of people in public: «public disorder». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#m2)
3. An illness or condition of the body or mind that stops it working normally: «a sleep disorder», «an eating disorder». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a room «in disorder» is messy. In news, police deal with «public disorder». In health lessons a disorder is a medical condition, and people with disorders deserve kindness and proper help. Phrases: «in disorder», «public disorder», «civil disorder», «a sleep disorder», «a disorder of».

### Examples

- The classroom was in complete disorder after the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#x1)
- Police arrived to stop the disorder in the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#x2)
- Asthma is a disorder of the lungs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#x3)
- She has a sleep disorder and often wakes at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#x4)
- His papers were scattered in disorder on the desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#x5)
- Some disorders can be treated with medicine and therapy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#x6)
- And the nearer he came the more blood and disorder he found about the rooms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable for mess and public trouble; countable for illnesses («disorders»). Adjective: «disorderly» (badly behaved or messy). Opposite: «order». Do not use the names of disorders as jokes or insults.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disorder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disorder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disorder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disorder.html) on Mova free.