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# upheaval

«upheaval» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big, sudden change that causes confusion, disorder or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an upheaval, upheavals; upheaval — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An upheaval is a big, sudden change that causes confusion, disorder or worry, like moving house or a war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upheaval/#m1)

2) (geology) An upheaval is a strong upward movement of the Earth's crust that pushes up land or rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upheaval/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday and family life: moving house, changing schools, a new baby or divorce can cause upheaval. In history: revolutions and wars are political upheavals. In geography and science: mountains formed by upheavals in the Earth's crust. Phrases: «a time of upheaval», «great upheaval».

### examples

- Moving to a new country was a big upheaval. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upheaval/#x1)
- The war brought great upheaval to the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upheaval/#x2)
- Building work caused upheaval in our kitchen for weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upheaval/#x3)
- The Industrial Revolution was a time of upheaval. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upheaval/#x4)
- Mountains were formed by upheavals of the Earth's crust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upheaval/#x5)
- A new school can be an upheaval, but it gets easier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upheaval/#x6)

### note

Can be countable («an upheaval») or uncountable («a lot of upheaval»). From «heave», to lift with effort. Pronounced «up-HEE-val».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «upheaval» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upheaval/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.