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Meanings of mess in English

Portuguese
montão
Catalan
feix
Spanish
mogollón
Wikidata

(Often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.

      montão
      Russian
      кают-компания
      Wikidata

      Social and dining area provided for military personnel.

            кают-компания
            Catalan
            batibull
            Spanish
            lío

            Informal terms for a difficult situation.

                batibull
                Russian
                беспорядок
                Portuguese
                bagunça
                Spanish
                desorden
                Catalan
                desordre

                A state of confusion and disorderliness.

                    беспорядок
                    Usage of mess in English
                    1
                    The mess left behind was 50 times greater than the previous year.
                    Radio NZ
                    2
                    SWITHIN: In truth; it does remind one of the mess of pottage.
                    The Sentimentalists
                    3
                    Regardless, this aspect could lead to great message or a great mess.
                    Ebony
                    4
                    The upper structure on the top of the brigade-mess also fell in.
                    Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
                    5
                    I called Harlan, thinking he'd come home and left behind a mess.
                    Second glance
                    6
                    The colonel and the mess room looked at the man in silence.
                    Short-Stories
                    7
                    The question has often been debated in every mess of the army.
                    History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other...
                    8
                    According to the public record, the Graves Society was a financial mess.
                    Union Atlantic
                    9
                    You do look a mess. There was honest concern in its voice.
                    Neverwhere
                    10
                    She said: They're in a mess in terms of their internal organisation.
                    The Guardian
                    11
                    The other professors had a mess in a room adjoining the mess-hall.
                    Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Volume 1
                    12
                    The students can now do anything they like in the mess rooms.
                    Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat: A Story of Travel and Ad...
                    13
                    There was no point trying to work his way through this mess.
                    Gravity
                    14
                    They are under the orders of the mess sergeant and the cooks.
                    Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of ...
                    15
                    Perhaps they should concentrate on their own internal political mess, said another.
                    News.com.au
                    16
                    You have thought only of yourself and the mess you are in.
                    The Last Woman
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                    Translations for mess
                    Mess through the time
                    Mess across language varieties
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                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
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