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DISARRANGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disturb the arrangement of

Example:

disarrange the papers

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "disarrange" is one way to...):

disarray; disorder (bring disorder to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disarrange"):

randomise; randomize (arrange in random order)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

disarrangement (a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Destroy the arrangement or order of

Example:

My son disarranged the papers on my desk

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "disarrange" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disarrange"):

mess up; ruffle; ruffle up; rumple (disturb the smoothness of)

muss; tussle (make messy or untidy)

dishevel; tangle; tousle (disarrange or rumple; dishevel)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

arrange (put into a proper or systematic order)

Derivation:

disarrangement (a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted)

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