disjoint

1. 1.

   having no elements in common

   Similarseparate

   mathematics

Other forms of disjoint

past tense

disjointed·

present participle

disjointing·

third person

disjoints·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disjoint

What does disjoint mean?

disjoint means "part; cease or break association with". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disjoint?

disjoint has 2 syllables: dis-joint. The stress falls on "joint". In IPA it is /dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt/.

What is another word for disjoint?

Close synonyms include disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disarticulate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disjoint a common word?

disjoint is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with disjoint?

1 word rhymes with disjoint. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.