dis-, di-, dif-
(Latin: separation, apart, asunder; removal, away, from; negation, deprivation, undoing, reversal, utterly, completely; in different directions)
The meaning of dis- varies with different words; dif-, assimilated form of dis- before f; di-, form of dis- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v.
dismissal
1. An act or instance of dismissing.
2. The state of being dismissed.
3. A spoken or written order of discharge from employment, service, enrollment, etc.
2. The state of being dismissed.
3. A spoken or written order of discharge from employment, service, enrollment, etc.
dismissible
dismission
dismount
1. To get off or down, as from a horse.
2. To get out of a vehicle.
3. To remove from a support, setting, or mounting.
4. To unseat or throw off, as from a horse.
5. To disassemble (a mechanism, for example).
6. The act or manner of dismounting, especially from a horse.
7. A move in gymnastics whereby the gymnast gets off an apparatus or completes a floor exercise, typically landing on both feet.
8. Etymology: Probably an alteration of obsolete French desmonter, "to unseat" des-, dis- plus monter, "to mount"; from Latin mons, mont-, "mountain".
2. To get out of a vehicle.
3. To remove from a support, setting, or mounting.
4. To unseat or throw off, as from a horse.
5. To disassemble (a mechanism, for example).
6. The act or manner of dismounting, especially from a horse.
7. A move in gymnastics whereby the gymnast gets off an apparatus or completes a floor exercise, typically landing on both feet.
8. Etymology: Probably an alteration of obsolete French desmonter, "to unseat" des-, dis- plus monter, "to mount"; from Latin mons, mont-, "mountain".
dismountable (adjective)
Capable of being dismounted.
disobedience
1. Refusal or failure to obey.
2. A lack of obedience or a refusal to comply.
2. A lack of obedience or a refusal to comply.
disobedient
1. Not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority.
2. Unwilling to submit to authority.
3. Habitually refusing, or failing, to obey.
2. Unwilling to submit to authority.
3. Habitually refusing, or failing, to obey.
disobediently
1. In a disobedient manner.
2. Characterized by refusing or neglecting to obey.
2. Characterized by refusing or neglecting to obey.
disobey
1. To refuse, or to fail, to obey a rule, instruction, or authority; or someone giving an instruction or anyone in authority.
2. To refuse to go along with; to refuse to follow instructions.
3. Etymology: from Old French desobeir (13th century), reformed with dis- from Late Latin inobedire, a back-formation from inobediens, "not obeying"; from Latin in-, "not" + oboedire, "to obey, to pay attention to, to give ear to"; literally, "listen to" from ob-, "to" + audire, "to listen, to hear".
2. To refuse to go along with; to refuse to follow instructions.
3. Etymology: from Old French desobeir (13th century), reformed with dis- from Late Latin inobedire, a back-formation from inobediens, "not obeying"; from Latin in-, "not" + oboedire, "to obey, to pay attention to, to give ear to"; literally, "listen to" from ob-, "to" + audire, "to listen, to hear".
disoblige
1. To be unwilling to help somebody.
2. To refuse or to neglect to oblige; to act contrary to the desire or convenience of; to fail to accommodate.
2. To refuse or to neglect to oblige; to act contrary to the desire or convenience of; to fail to accommodate.
disobligingly
1. Characterized by refusal or neglection to oblige.
2. A reference to an action contrary to a desire or convenience of; failing to accommodate.
2. A reference to an action contrary to a desire or convenience of; failing to accommodate.
disorder
disorderly
disorient
disorientation
