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- pronunciation:
- dih
so
shi
eIt
[or]
dih
so
si
eIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
dissociates, dissociating, dissociated |
| definition 1: |
to remove from association with (people, causes, and the like); disassociate.
She dissociated herself from the peace movement.- synonyms:
- disassociate
- antonyms:
- associate
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| definition 2: |
to sever a mental connection or association between; separate.
Some people can't dissociate the actor from the character he plays.- antonyms:
- associate, relate
- similar words:
- divorce, separate
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| definition 3: |
in chemistry, to cause (a complex substance) to decompose into its simpler constituents by varying the physical conditions.
- antonyms:
- combine
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| related words: |
abstract, detach, isolate, segregate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cease association; separate.
- antonyms:
- associate, relate
- similar words:
- part company, separate
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| definition 2: |
of complex substances, to undergo chemical decomposition into simpler constituents because of variations in physical conditions.
- antonyms:
- combine
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| related words: |
divorce, segregate, tune out |
adverb + (v.)dissociate
completely, consciously, conveniently, easily, increasingly, merely, never, thus, totally, verbally
(v.)dissociate
+ noun
ability,
abuse,
atom,
being,
body,
cause,
cell,
child,
chlorine,
church,
connection,
decision,
episode,
event,
example,
extension,
feeling,
food,
footnote,
force,
government,
group,
hydrogen,
identity,
image,
inability,
iron,
make,
matter,
memory,
mind,
molecule,
notion,
others,
oxygen,
past,
patient,
present,
price,
process,
reality,
representation,
sacrament,
sea,
self,
sex,
strategy,
subject,
tendency,
tissue,
trade,
trauma,
victim,
water
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| derivation: |
dissociative (adj.) |
The word dissociate
contains the following part:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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