Dictionaries › English

dissociate

Pronunciation: /dɪˈsəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/

The English word “dissociate” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To cease associating; To part.
  2. To undergo dissociation.
  3. To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
  4. To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.

Etymology

From Latin dissociō + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “dissociate” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.