disruption

«disruption» in Mova's school dictionary: something that stops a thing from going on normally — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (disruption, disruptions)

meaning for a pupil

1) Disruption is something that stops a thing from going on normally. tree →

2) A disruption is one such interruption. tree →

sense in the lessons

School behaviour (disruption in class), travel (disruption to trains), weather and news.

examples

• The snow caused disruption to the buses. tree →
• Talking caused disruption in the lesson. tree →
• There may be disruption on the trains. tree →
• The fire alarm was a big disruption. tree →
• We apologise for the disruption. tree →
• Road works mean disruption for drivers this week. tree →

note

Verb: disrupt; adjective: disruptive.

In the corpora

• In the UK a strike is legal after a vote, and the disruption is deliberate so that people notice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disruption» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.