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disbanding

disbanding is the present participle and gerund of disband.

Meaning of disband

Verb

disband (third-person singular simple present disbands, present participle disbanding, simple past and past participle disbanded)

  1. (ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
    • The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To loose the bands of; to set free.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To divorce.
    • And therefore […] she ought to be disbanded.1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Noun

disbanding (countable and uncountable, plural disbandings)

  1. A disbandment.
    • The re-coding of certain motive power depots referred to last month results from the disbanding of the Hull District; [...].1960 April, “Motive Power Miscellany: North East Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 249

Forms of disbanding

pluraldisbandings

Questions about disbanding

What does disbanding mean?
Disbanding means a disbandment.
What is disbanding the present participle and gerund of?
Disbanding is the present participle and gerund of disband.
What part of speech is disbanding?
Disbanding is a noun.
What is the plural of disbanding?
The plural of disbanding is disbandings.

Words near disbanding in the dictionary

  1. disband
  2. disbandable
  3. disbanded
  4. disbander
  5. disbanders
  6. disbanding
  7. disbandings
  8. disbandment
  9. disbandments
  10. disbands
  11. disbar

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