disjoin C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes US /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn/ UK /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to separate or disconnect things that were joined Engineers had to disjoin the carriages before repairs could begin. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to separate or disconnect... disconnectseparatedetachdisuniteseversunderpart ↔ Opposites joinconnectuniteattachcombine Word family Derived forms disjoined Related forms joindisjointjunctionconjoin Etymology AI details From Old French desjoindre, from Latin disjungere ('to disjoin'), from dis- ('apart') + jungere ('to join'), from PIE *yewg- ('to join'). disjungere Latin jungere Latin *yewg- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # disjoin **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn/ ## Meanings 1. to separate or disconnect things that were joined ## Examples - Engineers had to disjoin the carriages before repairs could begin. ## Synonyms - disconnect - separate - detach - disunite - sever - sunder - part ## Antonyms - join - connect - unite - attach - combine ## Derived Forms - disjoined ## Related Forms - join - disjoint - junction - conjoin ## Roots and Affixes - Root: disjungere - Root: jungere - Root: *yewg- ## Etymology From Old French desjoindre, from Latin disjungere ('to disjoin'), from dis- ('apart') + jungere ('to join'), from PIE *yewg- ('to join'). ## AI Etymology Disjoin is from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disjungere ('to disjoin'), from dis- ('apart') + jungere ('to join'), from PIE *yewg- ('to join'). Important recorded forms include disjungere (Latin), jungere (Latin), and *yewg- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to separate or disconnect things that were joined. The wider family includes derived forms such as disjoined and related words such as join, disjoint, junction, and conjoin. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown