Dissociate

Definition: Dissociate

Dissociate

Verb

1. Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president".

2. Regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!".

3. (chemistry) to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions".

Date "dissociate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references)

Note: Dissociate \Dis*so"ci*ate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Dissociated; present participle verb or noun Dissociating.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Dissociate

Synonyms: disassociate (v), disjoint (v), disunite (v), divorce (v). (additional references)

Antonym: associate (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disjunction	Disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock; (fix), unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free; (liberate).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Dissociate

English words defined with "dissociate": Arrhenius theory of dissociation ♦ Boyle ♦ Discompany, Dissociating ♦ Robert Boyle ♦ theory of dissociation, theory of electrolytic dissociation, Thermolyze. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dissociate": homopause ♦ non-ionic dye. (references)

Etymologies containing "dissociate": Discompany, Dissociable, Dissocial. (references)

"Dissociate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Dissociate" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	87.5%	70	39,981
Lexical Verb (base form)	12.5%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	80	N/A

Expressions using "dissociate": dissociate oneself ♦ dissociate oneself from ♦ dissociate oneself from smth.. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "dissociate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		disocioj, veçoj (abstract, disentangle, disjoin, disjoint, dispart, dissever, distinguish, disunite, divide, divorce, individualize, insulate, isolate, keep separate, partition, pick out, seclude, segregate, separate), shkëput (abstract, detach, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, distract, disunite, extract, rip off, tear, tear off, tear up, uncouple, unfix, unhook, unstrap), ndaj (allot, apportion, at, bar, by, come between, cut, detach, disarticulate, disembody, disjoin, disjoint, dismember, dispart, dissever, distinguish, distribute, disunite, divide, divorce, divvy, fissure, fractionate, grade, hand out, joint, on, part, partition, reconcile, rope off, section, segregate, separate, sever, share, sort out, space, split, sunder, toward, towards, unjoint, unlink, unscramble, unto, winnow). (various references)

Arabic		‏فكك (break up, disassemble, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dismantle, dismember, disunite, take apart, take to pieces, tear down), ‏فك (break up, chap, detach, disassemble, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disjoint, dismantle, disunite, free, jaw, jaws, jowl, loose, loosening, mandible, release, separate, set free, take apart, take to pieces, undo, unfasten, unfix, untangle, untie, untying, unwind), ‏فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decide, decision, demarcation, detach, detail, determine, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, isolation, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, resolve, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, set apart, settle, sever, severance, sunder, wean), ‏تفكك (come apart, dissociation, separate, taking apart, unfreeze), ‏إنفصل (become airborne, break away, break up, break with, dissociate oneself from, estrange, segment, separate, sever, split up, sunder, tear oneself away). (various references)

Bulgarian		разединявам (disconnect, disjoin, dissever, release, sunder, trip, uncouple, unlink), разлагам се (decay, moulder, rot), разпадам се (crumble, disintegrate, molder away, moulder away, resolve), водя до дисоциазия, откъсвам (break away, break off, island, pick off, prescind, pull, pull off, rend, rip off, tear away, tear off, tear out, tweak, uproot, win away), отлъчвам (exclude, interdict, separate). (various references)

Chinese		离解 (Dissociated, Dissociating, Dissociation). (various references)

Czech		odlouèit (disconnect, insulate, sequester). (various references)

Danish		termisk adskillelse (thermally dissociate). (various references)

Farsi		قطع همکاری وشرکت , جداکردن (Abrupt, Abstract, Amputate, Analyze, Calve, Chop, Cleave, Cutoff, Detach, Disconnect, Disunite, Divide, Drawoff, Insulate, Intercept, Part, Partition, Rive, Rupture, Select, Separate, Sequester, Sever, Try, Uncouple, Unlink, Untwist, Unzip), رسواکردن (Decry, Gibbet, Scandalize). (various references)

Finnish		sanoutua irti (dissociate oneself from, give notice, give notice of leaving, resign from). (various references)

French		dissocier. (various references)

German		trennen (decollate, detach, differentiate, disconnect, dissolve, distinguish, divide, divorce, drag apart, part, pull apart, remove, segregate, separate, separate out, sever, shut off, sift, slit, split up, take away, to decollate, to disassociate, to disconnect, to disjoin, to disrupt, to dissociate, to disunite, to part, to secede, to segregate, to separate, to sever, to sunder, undo, unpick). (various references)

Greek		απομακρύνω (alienate, fend, oust, remove, stave off, take off, turn away, ward off), διαχωρίζω (demarcate, disconnect, disembroil, disintegrate, dissever, isolate, partition, segregate, separate, sever). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"ת� ער מן (dissociate oneself from, shake off), ל�"פרי�" (dissociate oneself from, divide, mark off, part, separate, set apart, sever, sunder, uncouple), ל�"סתי�' (dissociate oneself from, hedge, reservations, reserve, reserve oneself). (various references)

Hungarian		szétválaszt (differentiate, disconnect, disjoin, dispart, disrupt, disunite, to disassociate, to disengage, to disrupt, to dissever, to dissociate, to divide, to divorce, to part, to partition, to pull asunder, to separate, to sort, to uncouple, uncouple, unstick). (various references)

Indonesian		memisahkan (detach, disjoint, disrupt). (various references)

Italian		dissociarsi (dissociate oneself), dissociare (disassociate), decomporre (decay, decompose, disband, disintegrate, disperse, dissolve, rot). (various references)

Korean		해리하십시�". (various references)

Manx		scarrey (alienate, alienation, break away, break off, break up, come away, detach, detachment; spread, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjunction, dissociation, distinguish, disunion, disunite, diverge, divergence, divide, divorce, draw apart; spacing, insulation, leaving, part, part with, parting, relinquish, schism, secede, secession, segment, segregate, segregation, separate, separating, separation, sever, severance, shut off, slough, split up, start, sunder), jee-hymsaghey (dissociation), jee-chumraagey (dissociation). (various references)

Pig Latin		issociateday

Portuguese		dissociar (to segregate), desunir (disassemble, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, divvy, separate, sever, uncouple), desagregar (disintegrate), separável (detachable, dissocial, fission, resoluble, separable). (various references)

Romanian		disocia (split), separa (chop off, cleave, cut out, detach, disconnect, disjoint, dismember, dispart, disunite, divide, isolate, partition, seclude, segregate, separate, sever, sunder). (various references)

Russian		разъединять (decouple, disarticulate, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dissever, divide, divorce, separate, sunder, uncouple, unjoin, unjoined, unjoining, unlink, unlock), диссоциировать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		distancirati se (distance), ograditi se. (various references)

Spanish		disociar (to segregate). (various references)

Swedish		upplösa (break up, decompose, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disorganize, dissolve, disunite, sissolve, wind up), hålla isär (keep distinct), åtskilja (contradistinguish, disjoint, divide, segregate, separate). (various references)

Turkish		birbirinden ayrılmak, ayrıştırmak (decompose, distil, distill, extricate, separate), ayrışmak (decompose, resolve, separate), ayrı olarak düşünmek, ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow). (various references)

Ukrainian		роз'�"днувати (come apart, detach, disarticulate, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, sejoin, sever, unyoke), відокремлюватися (dissever, disunite, secede, segregate, separate, single). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abrumpo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dissociate": dissociated, dissociates. (additional references)
	Words ending with "dissociate": photodissociate. (additional references)
	Words containing "dissociate": photodissociated, photodissociates, undissociated. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dissociate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: discrimate, dissosiate, dystocia. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dissociate" (pronounced di'sō"sēāt)
3	-ē ā t	disassociate, exfoliate.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-o-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: dacoities.
	-2 letters: acidoses, acidosis, cestoids, sadistic.
	-3 letters: ascites, cestoid, cissoid, coasted, codeias, coedits, cosiest, dacoits, daisies, deistic, dicasts, diciest, discase, disseat, dissect, ectasis, iodates, iodises, scotias, toadies.
	-4 letters: ascots, asdics, asides, cadets, castes, cestas, cestoi, cestos, citied, cities, coasts, coated, coatis, codeia, coedit, cosets, cosied, cosies, cosset, costae, costed, dacoit, daises, dassie, deists, desist.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-o-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: dissociated, dissociates.
	+2 letters: desiccations, disassociate, dissociative.
	+3 letters: disaffections, disassociated, disassociates, educationists, idiomaticness, miseducations, myocarditises, radiochemists, sophisticated, undissociated.
	+4 letters: basidiomycetes, considerations, densifications, disintoxicates, domestications, endocarditises, serodiagnostic.
	+5 letters: aerodynamicists, basidiomycetous, dialectologists, dictatorialness, discontinuances, educationalists, electrodialysis, idiomaticnesses, mastoidectomies, photodissociate, sophisticatedly, unsophisticated.
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