📖 D — The English dictionary · page 33

disable — Everyday, meaning 1: To turn off a feature or machine so it does not work, for example in an app or a phone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To stop something or someone from working properly, often by damaging it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To cause someone to have a disability, through injury or illness.↗ Example: Ask an adult to disable in-app purchases on the tablet.↗ · The engineer disabled the alarm while he fixed it.↗ · You can disable the sound in the game settings.↗ · The storm disabled the power lines.↗ · A bad fall disabled him for many months.↗ · The thief tried to disable the camera.↗ · Please do not disable the safety lock.↗

disabled — Everyday, meaning 1: A disabled person has a physical or mental condition that makes some things harder to do, like walking, seeing or hearing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Disabled can describe things made for disabled people: a disabled toilet, a disabled parking space.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To disable a machine or feature means to turn it off or stop it working.↗ Example: My cousin is disabled and uses a wheelchair.↗ · The new library has disabled access with ramps.↗ · Don't park in a disabled space unless you have a badge.↗ · The Paralympics are for disabled athletes.↗ · Disable location settings on apps you don't need.↗ · The bug disabled the computer.↗ · Many disabled people work, play sport and travel.↗ · There is a disabled toilet on the ground floor.↗ · Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government.↗

disadvantage — Everyday, meaning 1: A disadvantage is something that makes things harder or less good.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To be at a disadvantage is to have less chance than others.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To disadvantage someone is to put them in a worse position.↗ Example: One disadvantage of a dog is the cost.↗ · Being short is a disadvantage in basketball.↗ · We were at a disadvantage without our goalie.↗ · List the advantages and disadvantages.↗ · Some families are disadvantaged by poverty.↗ · Playing away from home can be a disadvantage.↗ · I chatter and chatter, but it must come out, what's sticking in my throat, to the disadvantage of my own family.↗

disadvantaged — Everyday, meaning 1: Disadvantaged means having fewer chances than other people because of being poor, ill, or having a hard home life.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) The disadvantaged means people who are disadvantaged, as a group.↗ Example: The charity gives free books to disadvantaged children.↗ · He came from a disadvantaged background but became a doctor.↗ · The club helps disadvantaged families go on holiday.↗ · The government gives money to the disadvantaged.↗ · Some disadvantaged pupils get free school meals.↗ · Being left out of the game made her feel disadvantaged.↗

disadvantageous — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Causing a disadvantage; not helpful; putting someone in a worse position: «a disadvantageous deal».↗ Example: Starting the race at the back was disadvantageous.↗ · The swap was disadvantageous to me: I gave three cards for one.↗ · Living far from school can be disadvantageous for sport clubs.↗ · The wind was disadvantageous for the team playing towards the river.↗ · The rules were disadvantageous for smaller schools.↗ · It is disadvantageous to skip breakfast before a test.↗

disagree — Everyday, meaning 1: To have a different opinion from someone else.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To not match.↗ e.g. "The two answers disagree."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Food that "disagrees with you" makes you feel sick.↗ Example: I disagree with you about the film.↗ · We disagreed about which game to play.↗ · It's OK to disagree politely.↗ · Our answers disagree, so let's check.↗ · Spicy food disagrees with me.↗ · Let's agree to disagree.↗ · "It suits my taste, however," answered Pluto, who was apt to be sullen when anybody disagreed with him.↗

disagreeable — Everyday, meaning 1: Unpleasant, not nice to experience, as in «a disagreeable smell».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Unfriendly, bad-tempered and hard to get on with, as in «a disagreeable old man».↗ Example: The cheese had a disagreeable smell.↗ · Mary was a disagreeable child who scowled at everyone.↗ · It was a disagreeable job to clean out the drains.↗ · The weather turned cold and disagreeable.↗ · He was disagreeably rude to the waiter.↗ · Being tired can make anyone a bit disagreeable.↗ · It is so disagreeable to be hurried.↗

disagreement — Everyday, meaning 1: A disagreement is when people have different opinions about something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A disagreement is a small argument or quarrel.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Disagreement means not matching: disagreement between two answers.↗ Example: We had a disagreement about whose turn it was.↗ · It's OK to have a disagreement if you stay polite.↗ · The teacher helped us settle the disagreement.↗ · There was disagreement over which game to play.↗ · Scientists use evidence to sort out disagreements.↗ · My answer and the calculator's were in disagreement, so I checked again.↗ · Hence, when a reconciliation took place between friends who had quarrelled, Ate was blamed as the original cause of disagreement.↗

disallow — Everyday, meaning 1: To officially refuse to accept something, especially a goal, point or claim, because it broke a rule.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To not permit something.↗ Example: The referee disallowed the goal for offside.↗ · Phones are disallowed during the exam.↗ · The judge disallowed the late entry.↗ · Our answer was disallowed because we used a calculator.↗ · The app disallows chat for children under 13.↗ · Fans groaned when the try was disallowed.↗ · and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.↗ (Torah NUM.30.11, JPS 1917)↗ · But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and the LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.↗ (Torah NUM.30.5, JPS 1917)↗

disappear — Everyday, meaning 1: To disappear means to go out of sight so that you can no longer be seen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To disappear means to stop existing or to be lost: the dinosaurs disappeared long ago.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: If something disappears, it may have been taken or lost and cannot be found.↗ Example: The sun disappeared behind a cloud.↗ · My pencil has disappeared again!↗ · The rabbit disappeared down a hole.↗ · Sugar seems to disappear when you stir it into tea, but it's still there.↗ · The puddles disappeared after the sun came out.↗ · Many kinds of animals are disappearing because their homes are destroyed.↗ · The magician made the coin disappear.↗ · If your little brother disappears in a shop, tell a member of staff.↗ · Then they finished dressing and disappeared.↗

disappearance — Everyday, meaning 1: A disappearance is when someone or something goes out of sight or cannot be found any more.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The disappearance of something, such as a species or a habit, is when it stops existing.↗ Example: The disappearance of my homework is a mystery.↗ · Police are looking into the disappearance of a boat.↗ · The sudden disappearance of the magician amazed us.↗ · Scientists worry about the disappearance of bees.↗ · The disappearance of the dinosaurs happened about 66 million years ago.↗ · After the disappearance of the sun, it got cold.↗ · Nobody noticed the cake's disappearance until teatime.↗ · "Infinity is not the aflSrmation ol space but its disappearance" (H. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

disappoint — Everyday, meaning 1: To make someone sad because something was not as good as they hoped, or did not happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To let someone down by not doing what they expected.↗ Example: The film disappointed me — the book was better.↗ · I don't want to disappoint my team.↗ · We were disappointed when the trip was cancelled.↗ · The weather was disappointing.↗ · Alice was disappointed to find the little door locked again.↗ · Sorry to disappoint you, but there's no cake left.↗ · His test score didn't disappoint his mum.↗ · Toad disappointed his friends again and again.↗

disappointed — Everyday, meaning 1: Sad because something you hoped for did not happen, or was not as good as you expected.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb form) Made someone feel this way: «the film disappointed me».↗ Example: I was disappointed when the trip was cancelled.↗ · She felt disappointed that she didn't win.↗ · Mum was disappointed in me for lying.↗ · We were disappointed with the rainy weather at the beach.↗ · It's okay to feel disappointed; try again next time.↗ · The ending of the book disappointed me.↗ · He looked disappointed when the shop was out of ice cream.↗ · If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed — (Writings JOB.31.39, JPS 1917)↗ · Now when she saw that she was disappointed, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.↗ (Prophets EZK.19.5, JPS 1917)↗

disappointing — Everyday, meaning 1: Disappointing means not as good as you hoped or expected, so it makes you feel let down.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As a verb form, disappointing means letting someone down.↗ Example: The match ended in a disappointing draw.↗ · The weather was disappointing, so we stayed indoors.↗ · It is disappointing that the trip was cancelled.↗ · The film was a bit disappointing after all the adverts.↗ · Her test score was disappointing, but she will try again.↗ · I hate disappointing my parents.↗ · ‘Ah!’ cried the Princess, ‘I am well punished for disappointing the King and Queen, and running away with this Ambassador about whom I knew nothing.’↗

disappointment — Everyday, meaning 1: Disappointment is the sad feeling you get when something you hoped for does not happen or is not as good as you expected.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A disappointment is a thing or event that is not as good as hoped.↗ Example: To our disappointment, the trip was cancelled.↗ · The film was a big disappointment.↗ · She tried to hide her disappointment when she lost.↗ · He felt disappointment but kept practising.↗ · The rainy holiday was a disappointment.↗ · Disappointment is part of life, and it passes.↗ · Much to my disappointment, the shop had sold out.↗ · We shared his disappointment after the final.↗ · The crow, furious at his disappointment, flew angrily away.↗

disapproval — Everyday, meaning 1: The feeling that something or someone is bad, wrong or not acceptable.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Showing this feeling by a look, a word or a sound.↗ Example: Mrs Patel shook her head in disapproval.↗ · Grandma tutted in disapproval when I put my feet on the table.↗ · There was a murmur of disapproval from the crowd.↗ · The coach's face showed his disapproval.↗ · The plan met with disapproval from the parents.↗ · She gave the noisy boys a look of disapproval.↗ · The cat stared at the wet dog with clear disapproval.↗ · In the morning as they sat at breakfast four clerics were announced, and when they entered the king looked on them with stern disapproval.↗

disapprove — Everyday, meaning 1: To think that something or someone is bad or wrong.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To refuse to agree to a plan or request officially (less common; usually «reject»).↗ Example: My dad disapproves of eating in front of the telly.↗ · Many people disapprove of littering.↗ · She gave me a disapproving look.↗ · The head teacher disapproved of the new haircut rule.↗ · Do you approve or disapprove of school uniform?↗ · The council disapproved the plans for the car park.↗ · Our dog disapproves of baths.↗ · Sometimes the fair Persian consented to appear at these festivities, but she disapproved of this lavish expenditure, and did not scruple to warn Noureddin of the probable consequences.↗

disarm — Everyday, meaning 1: To disarm someone is to take away their weapon so they cannot fight.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To disarm someone is to make them stop being angry or unfriendly, so they feel safe.↗ Example: The soldier disarmed the robber and took his knife.↗ · Her smile disarmed the grumpy old dog.↗ · Ask the guard to disarm before he enters the castle.↗ · A little kindness can disarm a bully.↗

disaster — Everyday, meaning 1: A disaster is a terrible event that causes a lot of damage, suffering or death, like an earthquake, flood or big crash.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A disaster is something that goes very badly or fails completely.↗ Example: The flood was a natural disaster for the whole town.↗ · Our first try at the cake was a disaster.↗ · The trip ended in disaster when the bus broke down.↗ · People gave money to help the disaster victims.↗ · Know your family's plan in case of a disaster.↗ · The play was nearly a disaster, but we saved it.↗ · Scientists study earthquakes to prevent disasters.↗ · False confidence often leads to disaster.↗ · Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?↗ (Writings JOB.31.3, JPS 1917)↗

disastrous — Everyday, meaning 1: Very bad, causing great harm, loss or ruin, as a flood or a fire does.↗ Example: The flood was disastrous for the village.↗ · The party was a disastrous mess after the cake fell.↗ · A disastrous storm blew down all the trees.↗

disbelief — Everyday, meaning 1: The feeling of not believing that something is true or real, often because it is surprising or shocking.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Lack of belief, for example in God.↗ Example: She stared in disbelief at her test score.↗ · He shook his head in disbelief.↗ · The crowd gasped in disbelief.↗ · To enjoy fantasy books, you suspend disbelief.↗ · There was disbelief when the old tree fell.↗ · Thomas showed disbelief until he saw Jesus, the Bible says.↗