DISINVEST
Dictionary entry overview: What does disinvest mean?
• DISINVEST (verb)
The verb DISINVEST has 3 senses:
1. deprive of status or authority
2. reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
3. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
Familiarity information: DISINVEST used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DISINVEST (verb)
Meaning:
Deprive of status or authority
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
disinvest; divest
Context examples:
he was divested of his rights and his title / They disinvested themselves of their rights
Hypernyms (to "disinvest" is one way to...):
discharge; free (free from obligations or duties)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disinvest"):
dethrone (remove a monarch from the throne)
defrock; unfrock (divest of the frock; of church officials)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
disinvest; divest
Context examples:
The company decided to divest / the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property / There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
Hypernyms (to "disinvest" is one way to...):
draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
undress; disinvest; divest; strip
Context examples:
The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim / She divested herself of her outdoor clothes / He disinvested himself of his garments
Hypernyms (to "disinvest" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
