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Word: Perturb
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French pertourber, from Latin perturbare, from per- ‘completely’ + turbare ‘disturb’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pəˈtəːb
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make (someone) anxious or unsettled
Short Definition:make someone anxious or unsettled
Examples:- they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour
- he was perturbed that his bleeper wouldn't work
Definition:
subject (a system, moving object, or process) to an influence tending to alter its normal or regular state or path
Short Definition:alter normal or regular state or path
Examples:- nuclear weapons could be used to perturb the orbit of an asteroid
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