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commotion

[ kuh-moh-shuhn ]

noun

  1. violent or tumultuous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance:

    What's all the commotion in the hallway?

    Synonyms: bustle, turbulence, riot, tumult, turmoil, disorder

  2. political or social disturbance or upheaval; sedition; insurrection.


commotion

/ kəˈməʊʃən /

noun

  1. violent disturbance; upheaval
  2. political insurrection; disorder
  3. a confused noise; din
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • comˈmotional, adjective
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Other Words From

  • com·motion·al adjective
  • com·motive adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of commotion1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin commōtiōn-, stem of commōtiō, from commōt(us) “disturbed” (past participle of commovēre “to displace, disturb,” literally, “to move together”; commove ) + -iō -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of commotion1

C15: from Latin commōtiō, from commovēre to throw into disorder, from com- (intensive) + movēre to move
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Idioms and Phrases

see cause a commotion .
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

He told the jury he managed to break free of the officer and had a look into the kitchen after hearing the commotion.

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Once the commotion ceased, the loader and Mr Diriye picked up their dead colleague from the front seat and put him in the back of the truck.

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Some passersby paused to check out the commotion, perhaps waiting to see if the unconscious man would make it.

Referees whistle above the commotion, dramatically slapping the floor after a takedown.

No one knows what Everett Titterington would have said about all the commotion.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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