| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To disperse, scatter or dissipate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb disband.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (disband) | 1. Cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization".[Wordnet]. 2. Stop functioning or cohering as a unit.[Wordnet]. 3. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army.[Websters]. 4. To divorce.[Websters]. 5. To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: disbanding, disbanded, disbands, disbander, disbanders, disbandingly and disbedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DISBANDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISBANDING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Dismissing from military service; separating; dissolving connection.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of disband. (references) | ||
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