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DISORGANISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disorganise mean? 

DISORGANISE (verb)
  The verb DISORGANISE has 1 sense:

1. remove the organization fromplay

  Familiarity information: DISORGANISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISORGANISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they disorganise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it disorganises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: disorganised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: disorganised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: disorganising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the organization from

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

disorganise; disorganize

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

organise (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)

Derivation:

disorganisation (the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion)

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


 Context examples 


The place is disorganised.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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