Search results
- 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.
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
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. [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 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 ]
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."
The meaning of DISENGAGE is to release from something that engages or involves. How to use disengage in a sentence. to release from something that engages or involves; to release or detach oneself : withdraw…
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.
[transitive, intransitive] to free someone or 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. disengage (something/somebody) (from something/somebody...
DISENGAGE definition: to become separated from something, or to make two things become separate from each other: . Learn more.
1. to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten. to disengage a clutch. 2. to free (oneself) from an engagement, pledge, obligation, etc. He accepted the invitation, but was later forced to disengage himself. 3. Military. to break off action with (an enemy) intransitive verb.
DISENGAGE meaning: 1 : to separate from someone or something usually + from; 2 : to stop being involved with a person or group to stop taking part in something usually + from.
