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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

disunify en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • dĭs-yo͞oʹnĭ-fī' (General-American)
  • /dɪsˈjunɪ̈faɪ/ (General-American)
  • /dɪsˈjuːnɨfaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From dis- + unify.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cause to cease to be unified; to split up or dissociate.
    • And so the 16th annual New York Jewish Film Festival — not to be confused with the Woody Allen retrospective currently wrapping up downtown at Film Forum — presents an engagingly disunified program, with something to appeal to, or alienate, every taste. 2007 January 10, A.O. Scott, “A Film Festival for a Jewish World That Spans the Globe”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
disunifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disunifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
disunified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disunified Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

unify

Relateds

disunification