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''dissociate'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260125123911-00-⌔
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Verb
dissociate (third-person singular simple present dissociates, present participle dissociating, simple past and past participle dissociated)
- (intransitive) To cease associating; To part.
- ✤ Antonym: associate
- ✤ After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
- (intransitive, psychology) To undergo dissociation.
- ✤ Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.
- (intransitive, chemistry) To undergo dissociation.
- (transitive) To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
- ✤ Antonym: associate
- ✤ A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
- ✤ We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
Etymology
From Latin dissociō + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /dɪˈsəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /-si-/
- (US) IPA: /dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /-si-/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
- Hyphenation: dis
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