Meanings
verbdisconnect (third-person singular simple present disconnects, present participle disconnecting, simple past and past participle disconnected)
present singular third person disconnects · participle present disconnecting · participle past disconnected · past disconnected
- transitiveTo sever or interrupt a connection.
My wi-fi got disconnected.
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Accordingly, Mitchell and his fireman, apparently without removing the engine from the up line, set to work and disconnected the motion on the defective side, after which Fireman Richardson, who probably had done the lion's share of the work, betook himself to the refreshment room and had a cup of coffee.
1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53 - transitiveTo remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.
- intransitiveOf a person, to become detached or withdrawn.
noundisconnect (plural disconnects)
plural disconnects
- A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
- A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
Synonyms: disconnector
- A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.
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Some of the disconnect between the economy’s problems and the solutions offered by Washington stem from the nature of the current political debate.
2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, New York Times, retrieved 24 Oct 2012"On top of this, many leading competitor attractions are hands-on, experimental, immersive, and tell a story. With a growing generational disconnect from our industrial past, is coming here for just a train ride any longer enough for people?
2023 August 23, Malcolm Holmes tells Paul Stephen, “A mission to develop GCR's legacy”, in RAIL, number 990, page 39 - ScientologyThe deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
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nounan unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinnectō
- Latincōnectō
- Latinconnectō
- Englishconnect
- Englishdisconnect
Translations
Bulgarian разединявам, разделям
- разединявам (razedinjavam)to sever or interrupt a connection
- разделям (razdeljam)to sever or interrupt a connection
- прекъсвам (prekăsvam)to sever or interrupt a connection
- откачам (otkačam)to remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- прекъсвам (prekăsvam)to remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
Catalan desconnectar, desconnectar
- desconnectarto sever or interrupt a connection
- desconnectarto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- desendollarto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
Chinese Mandarin 斷開 /断开
- 斷開 /断开 (duànkāi)break in an existing connection
Czech odpojit
- odpojitto sever or interrupt a connection
Finnish katkaista, katkaista yhteys
- katkaistato sever or interrupt a connection
- katkaista yhteysto sever or interrupt a connection
- kytkeä irtito sever or interrupt a connection
- kytkeä irtito remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- katkaista virtato remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- eristäytyäto become detached or withdrawn
- vetäytyä kuoreensato become detached or withdrawn
- katkosbreak in an existing connection
- katkaisubreak in an existing connection
- siteiden katkaisuscientology: deliberate severing of ties with family and friends
French débrancher, déconnecter
- débrancherto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- déconnecterto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- déconnecterbreak in an existing connection
German trennen, unterbrechen
- trennento sever or interrupt a connection
- unterbrechento sever or interrupt a connection
- trennento remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- trennento become detached or withdrawn
- Unterbrechungbreak in an existing connection
- Unterbruchbreak in an existing connection
Greek αποσυνδέω, αποσυνδέω
- αποσυνδέω (aposyndéo)to sever or interrupt a connection
- αποσυνδέω (aposyndéo)to remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- κλείνω (kleíno)to remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- αποκόβομαι (apokóvomai)to become detached or withdrawn
- αποσύρομαι (aposýromai)to become detached or withdrawn
- αποσύνδεση (aposýndesi)break in an existing connection
Hebrew ניתק
- ניתק (niték)to sever or interrupt a connection
Hungarian szétkapcsol, kapcsolat bontása
- szétkapcsolto sever or interrupt a connection
- kapcsolat bontásabreak in an existing connection
Italian sconnettere
- sconnettereto sever or interrupt a connection
Japanese 切る, 切断する
- 切る (kiru)break in an existing connection
- 切断する (setsudan suru)break in an existing connection
Portuguese desconectar, desconectar
- desconectarto sever or interrupt a connection
- desconectarto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- desligarto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
Romanian deconecta, deconectare
- deconectato sever or interrupt a connection
- deconectarebreak in an existing connection
Russian отключа́ть, отключи́ть
- отключа́ть (otključátʹ)to sever or interrupt a connection
- отключи́ть (otključítʹ)to sever or interrupt a connection
- разъединя́ть (razʺjedinjátʹ)break in an existing connection
- разъедини́ть (razʺjedinítʹ)break in an existing connection
- отсоединя́ть (otsojedinjátʹ)break in an existing connection
- отсоедини́ть (otsojedinítʹ)break in an existing connection
- отключа́ть (otključátʹ)break in an existing connection
- отключи́ть (otključítʹ)break in an existing connection
Spanish desconectar, desconectar
- desconectarto sever or interrupt a connection
- desconectarto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
Swedish koppla från, koppla bort
- koppla frånto sever or interrupt a connection
- koppla bortto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- koppla frånto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- frånkopplingbreak in an existing connection
Ukrainian відключа́ти, відключи́ти
- відключа́ти (vidključáty)to sever or interrupt a connection
- відключи́ти (vidključýty)to sever or interrupt a connection
- роз'є́днувати (rozʺjédnuvaty)to sever or interrupt a connection
- роз'єдна́ти (rozʺjednáty)to sever or interrupt a connection
- від'є́днувати (vidʺjédnuvaty)to sever or interrupt a connection
- від'єдна́ти (vidʺjednáty)to sever or interrupt a connection
- відключа́ти (vidključáty)to remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
- відключи́ти (vidključýty)to remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
Vietnamese ngắt điện
- ngắt điệnto remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disconnect
subjectprojectselectdirecteffectobjectperfectrespectconnectcorrectprotectexpectaffectreflectcollectcheckedsuspectdetectincorrectindirectprospectelectdefectneglect
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APA
disconnect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disconnect
MLA
“disconnect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disconnect. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disconnect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disconnect.
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