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disorder
What does disorder mean?
disorder (noun): a physical or mental malfunction.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use disorder in a sentence?
- The doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce disorder?
/dɪˈsɔɹdɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does disorder come from?
Borrowed from Middle French desordre (Modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (Latin ōrdō).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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