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verb
- 1. (with reference to an organized group) break up or cause to break up: "the unit was scheduled to disband"
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disband | American Dictionary. verb [ I/T ] us / dɪsˈbænd / Add to word list. (of a group) to stop existing, or to cause a group to stop existing: [ T ] The managers planned to disband the team. (Definition of disband from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) disband | Business English. verb [ I or T ]
: to break up as an organization : disperse. disbandment. dis-ˈban (d)-mənt. noun. Synonyms. break up. disperse. dissolve. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of disband in a Sentence. They've decided to disband the club. The members of the organization have decided to disband.
(of a group) to stop existing, or to cause a group to stop existing: [ T ] The managers planned to disband the team. (Definition of disband from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) disband | Business English. verb [ I or T ] uk / dɪsˈbænd / us.
verb. /dɪsˈbænd/ [transitive, intransitive] Verb Forms. disband (somebody/something) to stop somebody/something from operating as a group; to separate or no longer operate as a group. They set about disbanding the terrorist groups. The committee formally disbanded in August. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
verb (used with object) to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation. verb (used without object) to disperse. disband. / dɪsˈbænd / verb. to cease to function or cause to stop functioning, as a unit, group, etc. Discover More. Derived Forms. disˈbandment, noun. Discover More. Other Words From. dis·band ment noun.
Definition of 'disband' Word Frequency. disband. (dɪsbænd ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense disbands , present participle disbanding , past tense, past participle disbanded. verb. If someone disbands a group of people, or if the group disbands, it stops operating as a single unit. All the armed groups will be disbanded. [be VERB -ed]
The word disband refers to any group or unit of folks who decide to go their separate ways. Long before there were rock bands, groups of friends or warriors would band together for protection or companionship. They would become a band of sorts. The prefix dis comes from the Latin word for "apart."
