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dis·so·ci·ate

(dĭ-sō′sē-āt′, -shē-)

v. dis·so·ci·at·ed, dis·so·ci·at·ing, dis·so·ci·ates

v.tr.

1. To remove from association; separate: "Marx never dissociated man from his social environment" (Sidney Hook).

2. Chemistry To cause to undergo dissociation.

v.intr.

1. To cease associating; separate; part.

2. Chemistry & Psychiatry To undergo dissociation.

[Latin dissociāre, dissociāt- : dis-, dis- + sociāre, to unite (from socius, companion; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots).]

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dissociate

(dɪˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt; -sɪ-)

1. to break or cause to break the association between (people, organizations, etc)

2. (tr) to regard or treat as separate or unconnected

3. to undergo or subject to dissociation

disˈsociative adj

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dis•so•ci•ate

(dɪˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing. v.t.

1. to sever the association of; disconnect; separate: He tried to dissociate himself from his past.

2. to subject to dissociation.

v.i.

3. to withdraw from association.

4. to undergo dissociation.

[1605–15; < Latin dissociātus, past participle of dissociāre to divide, sever =dis- dis-¹ + sociāre to attach as a partner, derivative of socius companion]

dis•so′ci•a`tive, adj.

dissociate

Past participle: dissociated
Gerund: dissociating

Imperative
dissociate
dissociate

Present
I dissociate
you dissociate
he/she/it dissociates
we dissociate
you dissociate
they dissociate

Preterite
I dissociated
you dissociated
he/she/it dissociated
we dissociated
you dissociated
they dissociated

Present Continuous
I am dissociating
you are dissociating
he/she/it is dissociating
we are dissociating
you are dissociating
they are dissociating

Present Perfect
I have dissociated
you have dissociated
he/she/it has dissociated
we have dissociated
you have dissociated
they have dissociated

Past Continuous
I was dissociating
you were dissociating
he/she/it was dissociating
we were dissociating
you were dissociating
they were dissociating

Past Perfect
I had dissociated
you had dissociated
he/she/it had dissociated
we had dissociated
you had dissociated
they had dissociated

Future
I will dissociate
you will dissociate
he/she/it will dissociate
we will dissociate
you will dissociate
they will dissociate

Future Perfect
I will have dissociated
you will have dissociated
he/she/it will have dissociated
we will have dissociated
you will have dissociated
they will have dissociated

Future Continuous
I will be dissociating
you will be dissociating
he/she/it will be dissociating
we will be dissociating
you will be dissociating
they will be dissociating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dissociating
you have been dissociating
he/she/it has been dissociating
we have been dissociating
you have been dissociating
they have been dissociating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dissociating
you will have been dissociating
he/she/it will have been dissociating
we will have been dissociating
you will have been dissociating
they will have been dissociating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dissociating
you had been dissociating
he/she/it had been dissociating
we had been dissociating
you had been dissociating
they had been dissociating

Conditional
I would dissociate
you would dissociate
he/she/it would dissociate
we would dissociate
you would dissociate
they would dissociate

Past Conditional
I would have dissociated
you would have dissociated
he/she/it would have dissociated
we would have dissociated
you would have dissociated
they would have dissociated

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Verb	1.	dissociate - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce break up, part, split, split up, separate, break - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
	2.	dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" decouple differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" associate, colligate, link, relate, tie in, connect, link up - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
	3.	dissociate - to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions" chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions decompose, break down, break up - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

dissociate

disassociate

verb separate, distance, divorce, isolate, detach, segregate, disconnect, set apart how to dissociate emotion from reason

dissociate yourself from something or someone break away from, part company with, break off relations with, have nothing more to do with, sever connections with, end relations with He dissociated himself from his former friends.

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dissociate

verb

To remove from association with:

abstract, detach, disassociate, disengage, withdraw.

Translations

يُفَرِّق، لا يَرْبطيَفْصِل

distancovat seoddělitodloučit

distancere sig

distanzieren trennen

dissocier

távol tartja

rjúfa samband eîa tengsl viîrjúfa tengsl viî

dissociare dissociarsi separare

atribotiatsiriboti

atdalītnorobežotiesnošķirt

afscheiden dissociërendistantiërenscheiden zich

atskille ta avstand fra

dištancovať saodlúčiť

ayrılmakbağları koparmakilişkisini kesmek

与某人或某事划清界线使分离

dissociate

[dɪˈsəʊʃɪeɪt] VT → disociar (from de) to dissociate o.s. from sth/sb → disociarse or desligarse de algo/algn

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dissociate

[dɪˈsəʊʃieɪt dɪˈsəʊsieɪt] vt → dissocier
to dissociate o.s. from sb/sth → se dissocier de qn/qch

dissociate

vt → trennen, dissoziieren (geh, Chem) → (from von); to dissociate oneself from somebody/something → sich von jdm/etw distanzieren; two aspects which have become largely dissociated → zwei Aspekte, die sich weitgehend voneinander gelöst haben

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dissociate

[dɪˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt] vt to disassociate (from) → dissociare (da), separare (da)
to disassociate o.s. from → dichiarare di non avere niente a che fare con (from political line) → dissociarsi da

dissociate

(diˈsəusieit) verb

1. to separate, especially in thought.

2. to refuse to connect (oneself) (any longer) with. I'm dissociating myself completely from their actions.

References in classic literature ?

It is necessary, however, to dissociate the man from his poetry, and Sung Chih-Wen's poetry often touches a high level of inspiration.

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A difficulty of arranging their lips in this crude exposure to public scrutiny, an inability to balance their heads, and to dissociate self-consciousness from their features, was apparent in them, and showed that they were genuine country girls, unaccustomed to many eyes.

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As she still stood looking fixedly at me, a twitching or throbbing, from which I could not dissociate the idea of pain, came into that cruel mark; and lifted up the corner of her lip as if with scorn, or with a pity that despised its object.

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Wopsle had greatly alarmed me more than once, by his blowing and hard breathing; but I knew the sounds by this time, and could dissociate them from the object of pursuit.

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'Yes, Rokhari has decided to dissociate himself from the group which moved a resolution in the BoG meeting in Quetta.

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NNA - Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi on Wednesday called the international community to dissociate the political solution in Syria from the repatriation of the Syrian refugees present on the Lebanese soil.

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Earlier, the Jamaat-e-Islami leadership had decided to part ways and dissociate itself with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, without announcing any deadline for the move.

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Eight members of the PML-Nawaz on Monday announced to dissociate with the ruling party and form 'Junubi Punjab Sooba Muhaz' party demanding to give south Punjab a status of a separate province.

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But he said it was also important for the lumads to dissociate from communist rebels.

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"All [the government's] political components decide to dissociate themselves from all conflicts, disputes, wars or the internal affairs of brother Arab countries, in order to preserve Lebanon's economic and political relations," Hariri said.

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For example, someone who is sexually abused or involved in a lifethreatening incident may dissociate as a way of coping with an overwhelming situation.

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Thus, whether by judicial fiat or unanimous consent of the other members, Florida LLCs' newly found ability to dissociate an unruly member makes it more attractive for companies to do business in Florida, particularly when an operating agreement fails to address the involuntary dissociation of a member.