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disconnect

verbnounattested in dialogue

  • //dɪskəˈnɛkt//

To sever or interrupt a connection.

verb

  1. 1

    To sever or interrupt a connection.

    My wi-fi got disconnected.

    Accordingly, Mitchell and his fireman, apparently without removing the engine from the up line, set to work and disconnected the motion on the defective side, after which Fireman Richardson, who probably had done the lion's share of the work, betook himself to the refreshment room and had a cup of coffee.

  2. 2

    To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.

  3. 3

    Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect English disconnect From dis- + connect.

noun

  1. 1

    A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.

  2. 2

    A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.

  3. 3

    A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.

    There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.

    Some of the disconnect between the economy’s problems and the solutions offered by Washington stem from the nature of the current political debate.

    "On top of this, many leading competitor attractions are hands-on, experimental, immersive, and tell a story. With a growing generational disconnect from our industrial past, is coming here for just a train ride any longer enough for people?

  4. 4

    The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.

Forms

plural
disconnects
past tense
disconnected
past participle
disconnected
present participle
disconnecting
third person singular
disconnects
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).