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disconnect
[ dis-kuh-nekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to sever or interrupt the connection of or between; detach:
They disconnected the telephone. We were disconnected.
verb (used without object)
- to sever or terminate a connection, as of a telephone; hang up:
State your business and disconnect.
- to withdraw into one's private world:
When social pressures become too great, she simply disconnects.
noun
- an act or instance of disconnecting, especially the suspension of telephone or cable TV service for nonpayment of service charges.
- a lack of communication or agreement:
There is a huge disconnect between management and employees.
disconnect
/ ˌɪəˈɛ /
verb
- tr to undo or break the connection of or between (something, such as a plug and a socket)
noun
- a lack of a connection; disconnection
a disconnect between political discourse and the public
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱DzˈԱپDz, noun
- ˌ徱DzˈԱپ, adjective
- ˌ徱DzˈԱٱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- 徱cDz·Աİ noun
- 徱cDz·Աt adjective
- 徱cDz·Աt·ness noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of disconnect1
Example Sentences
"We know that the Iowa State Legislature and the Trump administration, they want us to feel isolated. They want us to feel, like, very, very disconnected from each other," Mowitz said.
"I don't think there's ever been a time where young people as a whole feel more disconnected from politicians," he said.
The result was a weirdly disconnected show, where Usher followed a moving video about his absent father with a song about his ex, which he sung while straddling a motorbike.
His family alleged in a 2018 lawsuit that the 67-year-old grandfather had died a year earlier as the result of neglect after his tracheal tube became disconnected.
He was fast, but there were too many mistakes, originating in this disconnect between his style and the behaviour and predictability of the car.
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