dissociate — Dicionário de inglês

Verbo

1. To cease associating; To part.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Antônimos

   associate

   Exemplos

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

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

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Exemplos

   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

   Antônimos

   associate

   Exemplos

   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

   Exemplos

   We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating

Verbo

1. part; cease or break association with

   Sinônimos

   disassociatedivorcedisunitedisjoint

   Termos mais gerais

   separatepartsplit upsplitbreakbreak up

   Exemplos

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

2. regard as unconnected

   Sinônimos

   decouple

   Antônimos

   associate

   Termos mais gerais

   distinguishseparatedifferentiatesecernsecernateseveralizeseveralisetelltell apart

   Exemplos

   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

   Termos mais gerais

   decomposebreak upbreak down

   Exemplos

   acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions