DISSOCIATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does dissociate mean?
• DISSOCIATE (verb)
The verb DISSOCIATE has 3 senses:
1. part; cease or break association with
2. regard as unconnected
3. to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
Familiarity information: DISSOCIATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DISSOCIATE (verb)
Meaning:
Part; cease or break association with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
disassociate; disjoint; dissociate; disunite; divorce
Context example:
She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
Hypernyms (to "dissociate" is one way to...):
break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Regard as unconnected
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
decouple; dissociate
Context examples:
you must dissociate these two events! / decouple our foreign policy from ideology
Hypernyms (to "dissociate" is one way to...):
differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
associate (make a logical or causal connection)
Meaning:
To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions
Hypernyms (to "dissociate" is one way to...):
break down; break up; decompose (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
