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disinvests

disinvests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disinvest.

Meaning of disinvest

Verb

disinvest (third-person singular simple present disinvests, present participle disinvesting, simple past and past participle disinvested)

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive) To reduce investment, or cease to invest.
    • “The institutions whose primary mission is teaching — the masters and community colleges and bachelors colleges, are slowly disinvesting in the teaching function,” Ms. Wellman said.2009 January 16, Kate Zernike, “Students Covering Bigger Share of Costs of College”, in New York Times
    Antonyms:
    invest

Questions about disinvests

What is disinvests the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disinvests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disinvest.

Words near disinvests in the dictionary

  1. disinvestiture
  2. disinvestment
  3. disinvestments
  4. disinvestor
  5. disinvestors
  6. disinvests
  7. disinvigorate
  8. disinvigorated
  9. disinvigorates
  10. disinvigorating
  11. disinvitation

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