MEANING
To end an organizational affiliation or association.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- disaffiliate from a group
- disaffiliate a branch
On the page
The branch voted to disaffiliate from the larger organization.
She had disaffiliated before the disputed policy took effect.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- disaffiliate
- Past tense
- disaffiliated
- Past participle
- disaffiliated
- Present participle
- disaffiliating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disaffiliate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disaffiliating
- Present perfect
- have/has disaffiliated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disaffiliating
- Past
- disaffiliated
- Past continuous
- was/were disaffiliating
- Past perfect
- had disaffiliated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disaffiliating
- Future
- will disaffiliate
- Future continuous
- will be disaffiliating
- Future perfect
- will have disaffiliated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disaffiliating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: disaffiliate; disaffiliates; disaffiliated; disaffiliated; disaffiliating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: disaffiliates.
Practice this word in a sentenceYour margin notes
Keep a thought for later. Sign in to save privately.