VERB | contact | disconnect, unplug | pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable |
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contact | disconnect | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten | |
NOUN | attribute | disconnect, gulf, disconnection | an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) |
Sounds | dihskahneh'kt | |
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Rhymes | abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt... |
Meaning | An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding). | |
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Example | "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" | |
Synonyms | gulf, disconnection | |
Broader | disparity | inequality or difference in some respect |
Spanish | abismo, desconexión, distanciamiento | |
Catalan | abisme |
Meaning | Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonym | unplug | |
Broader | undo | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect |
Opposite | plug in, plug into, connect | Plug into an outlet |
Spanish | desconectar, desenchufar | |
Catalan | desconnectar, desendollar |
Meaning | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Narrower | detach | Cause to become detached or separated |
uncouple, decouple | disconnect or separate | |
Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part | Force, take, or pull apart |
Opposite | connect, link, tie, link up | Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces |
Spanish | desconectar, desenchufar | |
Catalan | desconnectar, desendollar | |
Nouns | disconnection | the act of breaking / breaking a connection |
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