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Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.
Adnan Pachachi

Meaning of "disband" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISBAND

disband  [dɪsˈbænd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISBAND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disband is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb disband in English.

WHAT DOES DISBAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of disband in the English dictionary

The definition of disband in the dictionary is to cease to function or cause to stop functioning, as a unit, group, etc.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISBAND

PRESENT

Present
I disband
you disband
he/she/it disbands
we disband
you disband
they disband
Present continuous
I am disbanding
you are disbanding
he/she/it is disbanding
we are disbanding
you are disbanding
they are disbanding
Present perfect
I have disbanded
you have disbanded
he/she/it has disbanded
we have disbanded
you have disbanded
they have disbanded
Present perfect continuous
I have been disbanding
you have been disbanding
he/she/it has been disbanding
we have been disbanding
you have been disbanding
they have been disbanding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I disbanded
you disbanded
he/she/it disbanded
we disbanded
you disbanded
they disbanded
Past continuous
I was disbanding
you were disbanding
he/she/it was disbanding
we were disbanding
you were disbanding
they were disbanding
Past perfect
I had disbanded
you had disbanded
he/she/it had disbanded
we had disbanded
you had disbanded
they had disbanded
Past perfect continuous
I had been disbanding
you had been disbanding
he/she/it had been disbanding
we had been disbanding
you had been disbanding
they had been disbanding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will disband
you will disband
he/she/it will disband
we will disband
you will disband
they will disband
Future continuous
I will be disbanding
you will be disbanding
he/she/it will be disbanding
we will be disbanding
you will be disbanding
they will be disbanding
Future perfect
I will have disbanded
you will have disbanded
he/she/it will have disbanded
we will have disbanded
you will have disbanded
they will have disbanded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been disbanding
you will have been disbanding
he/she/it will have been disbanding
we will have been disbanding
you will have been disbanding
they will have been disbanding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would disband
you would disband
he/she/it would disband
we would disband
you would disband
they would disband
Conditional continuous
I would be disbanding
you would be disbanding
he/she/it would be disbanding
we would be disbanding
you would be disbanding
they would be disbanding
Conditional perfect
I would have disband
you would have disband
he/she/it would have disband
we would have disband
you would have disband
they would have disband
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been disbanding
you would have been disbanding
he/she/it would have been disbanding
we would have been disbanding
you would have been disbanding
they would have been disbanding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you disband
we let´s disband
you disband
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to disband
Past participle
disbanded
Present Participle
disbanding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISBAND


aband
əˈbænd
armband
ˈɑːmˌbænd
band
bænd
baseband
ˈbeɪsˌbænd
blackband
ˈblækˌbænd
broadband
ˈbrɔːdˌbænd
browband
ˈbraʊˌbænd
contraband
ˈkɒntrəˌbænd
hairband
ˈheəbænd
headband
ˈhɛdˌbænd
Miliband
ˈmɪləbænd
saraband
ˈsærəbænd
sarabande
ˈsærəˌbænd
waistband
ˈweɪstˌbænd
wideband
ˈwaɪdˌbænd
wristband
ˈrɪstˌbænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISBAND

disavower
disbandment
disbar
disbarment
disbarred
disbarring
disbelief
disbelieve
disbeliever
disbelieving
disbelievingly
disbench
disbenefit
disbodied
disbosom
disbound
disbowel
disbowelled
disbranch
disbud

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISBAND

big band
blues band
boy band
brass band
common-law husband
conduction band
crossband
dual-band
ex-husband
househusband
husband
jazz band
marching band
quad-band
riband
rock band
rubber band
tribute band
wedding band
Younghusband

Synonyms and antonyms of disband in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISBAND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disband» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disband

Translation of «disband» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISBAND

Find out the translation of disband to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disband from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disband» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

解散
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disolver
570 millions of speakers

English

disband
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उखड़ना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

распустить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dispersar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভঙ্গ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

disperser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dibubarkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auflösen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

解散する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해산하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disband
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rút lui
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கலைத்துவிட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिघडवणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dağıtmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sciogliere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozwiązać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розпустити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

desființa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαλύσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontbind
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upplösa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppløse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disband

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISBAND»

The term «disband» is regularly used and occupies the 74.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISBAND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disband» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disband» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disband

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «DISBAND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disband.
1
Alfred Nobel
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops.
2
Adnan Pachachi
Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISBAND»

Discover the use of disband in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disband and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
To Increase the Efficiency of the Military Establishment of ...
"The commander in chief shall have power to alter, divide, consolidate, disband, or reorganize any organization or corps and create new organizations and corps whenever required by the provisions of this section, or whenever in his judgment  ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs, 1916
2
A Dictionary of All Officers: Who Have Been Commissioned, Or ...
Mosks C. Cantine (N. Y.) Th lt 13. infy 1 Aug. '13 : See lt Jan. '14: disband. June ' 15. Edward Cantwell (Ark) See lt 12. infy 17 Mar. and Fst lt Dee. 47 : disband. July 48. Thaddees Caphon (Vir) Surg's m. 7. infy July 1799: disband. June 1800.
Charles Kitchell Gardner, 1853
3
Building, Leading, and Managing Strategic Alliances: How to ...
The decision to get into an alliance should have been one that was made on a strong foundation of market need, internal/external capability assessments, and speed to market. The decision to revitalize an alliance or Disband should be made ...
Fred A. Kuglin, Jeff Hook, 2002
4
Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed inglese
SbandAre, to disband or dismiss out of service. — Sbmdar un eserritrt, to disband an ar- mv. — Sl'dnddrsi, to disperse or scatter, to disband, or disband themselves. Sbandito, adj. disbanded, dismissed. Sbandeggiamento, s. m. banishment ...
Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, Charles Thomson, 1807
5
Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
The school inspectors have power to alter boundaries of districts, and attach or detach persons or the property of any person or persons to or from any district; but no power is anywhere granted them to disband, dissolve or destroy a district ...
Michigan. Dept. of Public Instruction, 1889
6
Joint Documents of the State of Michigan
The school inspectors have power to alter boundaries of districts, and attach or detach persons or the property of any person or persons to or from any district; but no power is anywhere granted them to disband, dissolve or destroy a district ...
Michigan, 1889
7
The Northwestern Reporter
The school inspectors have power to alter boundaries of districts, and attach or detach persons, or the property of any person or persons, to or from any district ; but no power is anywhere granted them to disband, dissolve, or destroy a district  ...
8
The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
DISBAND', r. a. & v. n. Old Fr. desbander. To dismiss from military service; to retire; be dismissed ; broke up. Our navy was upon the point of disbanding, and ' of our men come ashore. Bacon. War unth Spain. The ranged powers Disband, and ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
9
London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
DISBAND', v. a. & v. n. Old Fr. desbander. To dismiss from military service; to retire; be dismissed ; broke up. Our navy was upon the point of disbanding, and many of our men come ashore. Bacon. War with Spain. The ranged powers Disband, ...
Thomas Tegg, 1829
10
Awakening Victory: How Iraqi Tribes and American Troops ...
leaders served as advisors to both the minister of defense and minister of interior, who, I was sure, were pulling the strings to get their American counterparts to do what they had promised not to do—disband the “Sunni militia.” Dubik pressured ...
Michael E. Silverman, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISBAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disband is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Government asked to disband Mysuru CWC panel - The Times of India
They have recommended that the government disband the new committee, claiming absence of child-friendly atmosphere there. The incident ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
Solicitor reiterates city has no plans to disband UDBDA
Uniontown City Council solicitor J.W. Eddy maintained Friday that the city has no plans to disband the Uniontown Downtown Business District ... «Uniontown Herald Standard, Jul 15»
3
Armenian Police Disband Protests in Yerevan, Arrest Nearly 50 …
TBILISI – Armenian police arrested nearly 50 protesters on Monday in the attempt to disperse demonstrations against rising electricity prices, according to ... «Latin American Herald Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Wisconsin Agribusiness Council members to vote whether to disband
Much has changed in the agricultural industry since the Wisconsin Agribusiness Council was formed in 1971. At the time, WAC was considered ... «Eau Claire Country Today, Jul 15»
5
Authority accused of incompetent and dictatorial behaviour over …
A COUNCIL has been accused of launching a "vindictive strike against local democracy" after it moved to disband the community councils on ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
6
Disband Kirinyaga Vigilantes, CS Told
A Nyeri politician has asked Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery to crackdown on vigilante groups in Kirinyaga county. Rigathi Gachagua, a JAP ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
We got it wrong, Uhuru didn't disband NACADA – PSCU
State House later sent a corrected story saying: “President Kenyatta did not disband NACADA as requested by the MPs. Instead the President ... «Capital FM Kenya, Jul 15»
8
Polka Fest dances through 40 years; popular festival may disband
The 40th annual Ellsworth Polka Fest kicks off with a free jam session at 7 p.m. July 9 at the Pierce County Fairgrounds, followed by three days ... «Pierce County Herald, Jul 15»
9
Ashok Leyland-Nissan JV hits rough weather, might disband in a …
The high-key tie up between Ashok Leyland and Nissan for the production of light commercial vehicles might be hitting the rocks on the back of ... «Indian Autos Blog, Jun 15»
10
Unity Walla Walla will disband as Unity Church affiliate
#Unity Walla Walla announces its intent to disband as a church affiliate of the Unity Church organization as of Tuesday. #Friday morning ... «Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Jun 15»

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