dissociate — Diccionario de inglés

Verbo

1. To cease associating; To part.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Antónimos

   associate

   Ejemplos

   After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.

2. To cease associating; To part. To undergo dissociation.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Ejemplos

   Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.

3. To cease associating; To part. To undergo dissociation.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

4. To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Antónimos

   associate

   Ejemplos

   A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.

5. To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate. To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Ejemplos

   We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating

Verbo

1. part; cease or break association with

   Sinónimos

   disassociatedivorcedisunitedisjoint

   Términos más generales

   separatepartsplit upsplitbreakbreak up

   Ejemplos

   She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president

2. regard as unconnected

   Sinónimos

   decouple

   Antónimos

   associate

   Términos más generales

   distinguishseparatedifferentiatesecernsecernateseveralizeseveralisetelltell apart

   Ejemplos

   you must dissociate these two events!

   decouple our foreign policy from ideology

3. to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms

   Términos más generales

   decomposebreak upbreak down

   Ejemplos

   acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions