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de·range
(dĭ-rānj′)tr.v. de·ranged, de·rang·ing, de·rang·es
1. To disturb the order, arrangement, or functioning of: an asteroid impact large enough to derange the climate.
2. To upset (normal condition or functioning, as of a bodily organ).
3. To cause to be psychotic or otherwise severely mentally unsound.
[French déranger, from Old French desrengier : des-, de- + reng, line (of Germanic origin; see sker- in Indo-European roots).]
de·range′ment n.
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derange
(dɪˈreɪndʒ)vb (tr)
1. to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
2. to disturb the action or operation of
3. (Psychiatry) to make insane; drive mad
[C18: from Old French desrengier, from des- dis-1 + reng row, order]
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de•range
(dɪˈreɪndʒ)v.t. -ranged, -rang•ing.
1. to throw into disorder; disarrange.
2. to disturb the condition, action, or function of.
3. to make insane.
de•rang′er, n.
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derange
Past participle: deranged
Gerund: deranging
| Imperative |
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| derange |
| derange |
| Present |
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| I derange |
| you derange |
| he/she/it deranges |
| we derange |
| you derange |
| they derange |
| Preterite |
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| I deranged |
| you deranged |
| he/she/it deranged |
| we deranged |
| you deranged |
| they deranged |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am deranging |
| you are deranging |
| he/she/it is deranging |
| we are deranging |
| you are deranging |
| they are deranging |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have deranged |
| you have deranged |
| he/she/it has deranged |
| we have deranged |
| you have deranged |
| they have deranged |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was deranging |
| you were deranging |
| he/she/it was deranging |
| we were deranging |
| you were deranging |
| they were deranging |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had deranged |
| you had deranged |
| he/she/it had deranged |
| we had deranged |
| you had deranged |
| they had deranged |
| Future |
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| I will derange |
| you will derange |
| he/she/it will derange |
| we will derange |
| you will derange |
| they will derange |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have deranged |
| you will have deranged |
| he/she/it will have deranged |
| we will have deranged |
| you will have deranged |
| they will have deranged |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be deranging |
| you will be deranging |
| he/she/it will be deranging |
| we will be deranging |
| you will be deranging |
| they will be deranging |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been deranging |
| you have been deranging |
| he/she/it has been deranging |
| we have been deranging |
| you have been deranging |
| they have been deranging |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been deranging |
| you will have been deranging |
| he/she/it will have been deranging |
| we will have been deranging |
| you will have been deranging |
| they will have been deranging |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been deranging |
| you had been deranging |
| he/she/it had been deranging |
| we had been deranging |
| you had been deranging |
| they had been deranging |
| Conditional |
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| I would derange |
| you would derange |
| he/she/it would derange |
| we would derange |
| you would derange |
| they would derange |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have deranged |
| you would have deranged |
| he/she/it would have deranged |
| we would have deranged |
| you would have deranged |
| they would have deranged |
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Verb 1. [画像:derange - derange mentally, throw out of mental balance]derange - derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him"
2. derange - throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
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derange
verb1. To put out of proper order:
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Translations
derange
[dɪˈreɪndʒ] VT1. (= upset) [+ plans] → desarreglar, descomponer
2. (mentally) [+ person] → volver loco, desquiciar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
derange
vt
plan → durcheinanderbringen, umwerfen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
derange
v. perturbar, desordenar, causar trastorno.
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