Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

    bring disorder to

  2. (transitive)To take off the dress of; to unrobe.

Examples

20 sentences

  1. Sami left his house in disarray.

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  2. He found the house in disarray.

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  3. Unexpected expenses always throw her budget into disarray.

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  4. After all the merrymaking, the apartment was in great disarray.

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  5. The small rural village was in disarray after the disappearance and murder incidents.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English disareyen (“to disarray”), from Middle French desarroyer, from Old Fre

From Middle English disareyen (“to disarray”), from Middle French desarroyer, from Old French desareer, from des- (“dis-”) + areer (“to array”).

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Forms

disarrays, disarraying, disarrayed, disarrayed
Base formdisarray · to disarray
3rd person singulardisarrays
Present participledisarraying
Past simpledisarrayed
Past participledisarrayed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisarray
he, she, itdisarrays

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisarrayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disarrayed
he, she, ithas disarrayed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disarray

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
array

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddisarrayment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
disapproveB2disarmdisarmamentdisassembledisassociatedisasterB1disastrousB1
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