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{
"term": "disturb",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "disturb",
"heSheIt": "disturbs"
},
"pastSimple": "disturbed",
"pastParticiple": "disturbed",
"ingForm": "disturbing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to interrupt somebody when they are trying to work, sleep, etc.",
"sensetop": "disturb somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm sorry to disturb you, but can I talk to you for a moment?"
},
{
"text": "If you get up early, try not to disturb everyone else."
},
{
"text": "**Do not disturb** *(= a sign placed on the outside of the door of a hotel room, office, etc.)*"
},
{
"text": "She awoke early after a disturbed night."
},
{
"text": "Only the cry of seabirds disturbed the silence."
},
{
"text": "I'm sorry to disturb you, but could you sign this letter?"
},
{
"text": "Don't disturb her when she's working."
},
{
"text": "There's no point in disturbing him with something so trivial."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make somebody worry",
"sensetop": "disturb somebodyit disturbs somebody to do something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The letter shocked and disturbed me.",
"contextForm": "disturb somebody"
},
{
"text": "It disturbed her to realize that she was alone.",
"contextForm": "it disturbs somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "It disturbed her to realize that she was missing him already."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to move something or change its position",
"sensetop": "disturb something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't disturb the papers on my desk."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make something function differently from normal",
"sensetop": "disturb something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "During a magnetic storm, the earth's magnetic field is disturbed."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈstɜːb/",
"audio": "di/disturb/disturb__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈstɜːbz/",
"audio": "di/disturb/disturbs__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈstɜːbd/",
"audio": "di/disturb/disturbed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈstɜːbɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/disturb/disturbing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈstɜːrb/",
"audio": "di/disturb/disturb__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈstɜːrbz/",
"audio": "di/disturb/disturbs__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈstɜːrbd/",
"audio": "di/disturb/disturbed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/disturb/disturbing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French destourber, from Latin disturbare, from dis- ‘utterly’ + turbare ‘disturb’ (from turba ‘tumult’)."
}