MEANING
To separate or disconnect things that are joined.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- disjoin sections
- disjoin one part from another
On the page
They disjoined the sections before moving the frame.
The essay disjoined the act from the intention attributed to it.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- disjoin
- Past tense
- disjoined
- Past participle
- disjoined
- Present participle
- disjoining
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disjoin
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disjoining
- Present perfect
- have/has disjoined
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disjoining
- Past
- disjoined
- Past continuous
- was/were disjoining
- Past perfect
- had disjoined
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disjoining
- Future
- will disjoin
- Future continuous
- will be disjoining
- Future perfect
- will have disjoined
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disjoining
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: disjoin; disjoins; disjoined; disjoined; disjoining Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: disjoins.
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