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disturbance
What does disturbance mean?
disturbance (noun): a noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use disturbance in a sentence?
- The police intervened in the disturbance. (Tatoeba sentence #238180 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce disturbance?
/dɪˈstɝbəns/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does disturbance come from?
From Middle English disturbaunce, from Old French destorbance, destourbance, from destourber (“disturb”), from Latin disturbō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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true facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality
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act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
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work done by one person or group that benefits another
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a noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption
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