verb
Meaning 1
To separate; to disunite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
disjoin
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn/
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rhymes with -ɔɪn
verb
Meaning 2
To become separated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
become separated, disconnected or disjoint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disjoint
Antonyms: join
Broader terms: separate, divide, part
verb
Meaning 4
make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disjoint
Antonyms: join
Broader terms: separate, disunite, divide, part
History
Etymology
From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”). Equivalent to dis- + join.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: откъсвам (otkǎsvam) — to separate
- Bulgarian: отделям (otdeljam) — to separate
- Esperanto: disigi — to separate
- Esperanto: apartigi — to separate
- Esperanto: disligi — to separate
- German: trennen — to separate
- Italian: scombaciare — to separate
- Latin: disiungō — to separate
- Manx: neuyunt — to separate
- Manx: scarr — to separate