disturb verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes

Nearby words · distrust verb · distrustful adjective · disturb verb · disturbance noun · disturbed adjective. Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofdisturbverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary disturbverb  /dɪˈstɜːb/ /dɪˈstɜːrb/VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theydisturb /dɪˈstɜːb/ /dɪˈstɜːrb/he/she/itdisturbs /dɪˈstɜːbz/ /dɪˈstɜːrbz/pastsimpledisturbed /dɪˈstɜːbd/ /dɪˈstɜːrbd/pastparticipledisturbed /dɪˈstɜːbd/ /dɪˈstɜːrbd/-ingformdisturbing /dɪˈstɜːbɪŋ/ /dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ/ jumptootherresults  disturbsomebody/somethingtointerruptsomebodywhentheyaretryingtowork,sleep,etc.I'msorrytodisturbyou,butcanItalktoyouforamoment?Ifyougetupearly,trynottodisturbeveryoneelse.Donotdisturb(=asignplacedontheoutsideofthedoorofahotelroom,office,etc.)Sheawokeearlyafteradisturbednight.Onlythecryofseabirdsdisturbedthesilence.ExtraExamplesI'msorrytodisturbyou,butcouldyousignthisletter?Don'tdisturbherwhenshe'sworking.There'snopointindisturbinghimwithsomethingsotrivial. Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp.  tomakesomebodyworrydisturbsomebodyThelettershockedanddisturbedme.itdisturbssomebodytodosomethingItdisturbedhertorealizethatshewasalone.Itdisturbedhertorealizethatshewasmissinghimalready. disturbsomethingtomovesomethingorchangeitspositionDon'tdisturbthepapersonmydesk.disturbsomethingtomakesomethingfunctiondifferentlyfromnormalDuringamagneticstorm,theearth'smagneticfieldisdisturbed.WordOriginMiddleEnglish:fromOldFrenchdestourber,fromLatindisturbare,fromdis-‘utterly’+turbare‘disturb’(fromturba‘tumult’).SeedisturbintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeedisturbintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: disturb Nearbywords distrustverb distrustfuladjective disturbverb disturbancenoun disturbedadjective inspiration noun     FromtheWordlist Oxford5000 C1 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay