disassemble

C2+ Topic:Verbs of Movement

US /ˌdɪsəˈsɛmbəl/ UK /ˌdɪsəˈsɛmbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to take apart into separate pieces

He carefully disassembled the engine to clean each part.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to take apart into separate... dismantle dismember striptake apartdisjoint

Opposites

assemble build construct join

Word family

Derived forms disassemblerdisassembly

Related forms assemble assembly

Etymology

From dis- ('apart, reversal') plus assemble; assemble is from Old French assembler ('to bring together'), from Vulgar Latin *assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') plus simul ('together').

dis- Latin assembler Old French simul Latin

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Topics

Verbs of Movement

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# disassemble

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌdɪsəˈsɛmbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌdɪsəˈsɛmbəl/

## Meanings
1. to take apart into separate pieces

## Examples
- He carefully disassembled the engine to clean each part.

## Synonyms
- dismantle
- dismember
- strip
- take apart
- disjoint

## Antonyms
- assemble
- build
- construct
- join

## Derived Forms
- disassembler
- disassembly

## Related Forms
- assemble
- assembly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dis-
- Root: assembler
- Root: simul

## Etymology
From dis- ('apart, reversal') plus assemble; assemble is from Old French assembler ('to bring together'), from Vulgar Latin *assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') plus simul ('together').

## AI Etymology
Disassemble is from dis- ('apart, reversal') plus assemble; assemble is from Old French assembler ('to bring together'), from Vulgar Latin *assimulare, from Latin ad- ('to') plus simul ('together'). Important recorded forms include dis- (Latin), assembler (Old French), and simul (Latin). The current sense covers to take apart into separate pieces. The wider family includes derived forms such as disassembler and disassembly and related words such as assemble and assembly.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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