disturbances

«disturbances» in Mova's school dictionary: things that disturb or interrupt (noise, interruptions) — 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 (disturbance, disturbances)

meaning for a pupil

1) things that disturb or interrupt (noise, interruptions). tree →

2) (euphemism, official, UK) riots, fights or violent protests. tree →

sense in the lessons

News, police and government use «disturbances» to describe street violence calmly; also normal word for noise or trouble. Official, UK mainly.

examples

• Police were called to disturbances in the city centre last night. tree →
• Sorry for the disturbance, I just need a pen. tree →
• The noise disturbances kept the neighbours awake. tree →
• There were disturbances after the football match. tree →
• The hotel apologised for the disturbance. tree →
• The report described the riots as «disturbances». tree →

note

Trap: often just noise or interruption. In news about streets and police, it means riots.

In the corpora

• "Disturbances" means riots (UK).

Trees and pragmatics

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