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- Dictionarydisengage/ˌdɪs(ɪ)nˈɡeɪdʒ/
verb
- 1. separate or release (someone or something) from something to which they are attached or connected: "I disengaged his hand from mine" Similar Opposite
- 2. remove (troops) from an area of conflict: "the ceasefire gave the commanders a chance to disengage their forces" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a disengaging movement.
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[ I or T ] to become physically separated from something, or to make two things become physically separated: be disengaged from The door was disengaged from one of its hinges. [ T ] to switch off the control of something: The autopilot had been disengaged. [ T ]
The meaning of DISENGAGE is to release from something that engages or involves. How to use disengage in a sentence.
[ I or T ] to become physically separated from something, or to make two things become physically separated: be disengaged from The door was disengaged from one of its hinges. [ T ] to switch off the control of something: The autopilot had been disengaged. [ T ]
Disengage definition: to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten. See examples of DISENGAGE used in a sentence.
disengage. [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to free somebody/something from the person or thing that is holding them or it; to become free. disengage yourself (from somebody/something) She gently disengaged herself from her sleeping son. (figurative) They wished to disengage themselves from these policies.
To disengage means to "free or disentangle" yourself or some object from another person or object. No, it doesn't mean breaking off your engagement to your beloved — that's "chickening out."
If you disengage something, or if it disengages, it becomes separate from something which it has been attached to. She disengaged the film advance mechanism on the camera. [VERB noun] John gently disengaged himself from his sister's tearful embrace.
