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# disconnect

«disconnect» in Mova's school dictionary: **To separate two things that were joined, especially to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (disconnect, disconnects, disconnected, disconnecting); noun (a disconnect)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To separate two things that were joined, especially to unplug or cut off power, water or a machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#m1)

2) To end a phone call or internet connection, or to be cut off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#m2)

3) (informal, noun) A lack of connection or understanding between people or ideas: «a disconnect between what he says and what he does». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#m3)

4) To stop feeling close to others or to the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and safety lessons: always disconnect a device from the power before cleaning it or fixing it. In everyday life, the internet or a phone call can disconnect; a bill unpaid may get the power disconnected. In talk about feelings, people «disconnect from screens» to rest. Phrases: «disconnect from», «get disconnected», «disconnect the power», «a disconnect between».

### examples

- Disconnect the toaster before you clean it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#x1)
- Our call got disconnected in the tunnel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#x2)
- Disconnect the battery to stop the circuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#x3)
- The power company disconnected the old house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#x4)
- We disconnect from screens an hour before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#x5)
- There is a disconnect between the rules and what really happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «connect». The adjective «disconnected» also means not linked or feeling cut off. In circuits, disconnecting one wire in a simple series circuit stops the current everywhere.

### In the corpora

- [Games usually still count a match as lost if a player disconnects or quits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/34/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disconnect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconnect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.