word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/disorder.json

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{
    "term": "disorder",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a condition or illness that causes problems with the way part of the body or brain works",
            "labels": "(medical)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a blood/bowel disorder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a rare disorder of the liver."
                },
                {
                    "text": "help for people with alcohol use disorder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Consumption of fatty acids may help prevent the disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her doctor diagnosed a thyroid disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a rare blood disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "people with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and other autoimmune disorders"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is thought to have had a genetic disorder that stopped him from growing when he was young."
                },
                {
                    "text": "neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Insomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team says alcohol use disorder is a chronic disease."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Adolescents with mental disorders are waiting too long to get help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some people develop psychological disorders as a result of trauma."
                },
                {
                    "text": "disorders of the digestive system"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's got some kind of bowel disorder."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["serious", "severe", "chronic"],
                "verb + disorder": ["have", "suffer from", "develop"],
                "disorder + verb": ["affect something"],
                "preposition": ["disorder of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an untidy state; a lack of order or organization",
            "sensetop": "in (…) disorder",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The room was in a state of disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His financial affairs were in complete disorder.",
                    "contextForm": "in (…) disorder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone began shouting at once and the meeting broke up in disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country was thrown into disorder by the strikes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He died suddenly, leaving his financial affairs in complete disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He loves tidying up, making order out of disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gang of men scattered in disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The world's currency markets were thrown into disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the wild disorder of her red hair"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete"],
                "verb + disorder": ["throw something into"],
                "preposition": ["in disorder"],
                "phrases": ["a state of disorder"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "violent behaviour of large groups of people",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an outbreak of rioting and **public disorder**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Twenty people were arrested after a night of civil disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The initiative aims to tackle alcohol-related disorder in towns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police will not tolerate disorder of any kind on our streets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been outbreaks of serious public disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Troops were sent in to quell the disorder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "new restrictions aimed at preventing social disorder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "problems of youth disorder in our cities"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the pressures on police caused by drink-related disorder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The food crisis led to outbreaks of rioting and public disorder."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["serious", "widespread", "violent"],
                "… of disorder": ["outbreak"],
                "verb + disorder": ["create", "lead to", "quell"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈɔːdə(r)/",
                "audio": "di/disorder/disorder__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈɔːrdər/",
                "audio": "di/disorder/disorder__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (as a verb): alteration, influenced by order, of earlier disordain, from Old French desordener, ultimately based on Latin ordinare ‘ordain’."
}