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Past tense of disband

regular verb

The past tense of disband is disbanded. The past participle is also disbanded.

Forms of disband

Base form (V1)disband /dɪsˈbænd/
Past tense (V2)disbanded
Past participle (V3)disbanded
Present participledisbanding
Third person singulardisbands

Disbanded in a sentence

  • I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s.
  • The British Transport Commission, which was disbanded under the 1962 Transport Act that created the British Railways Board, had been established by Clement Attlee's Labour government at nationalisation 14 years earlier.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53
  • The bank robbers disbanded after everyone got their cut of the money.From the entry cut
  • Sororities can receive large fines from their national chapters for dirty rushing and can be disbanded.2021 September 7, Nidhi Shekar, Sasha Patil, “'Whoever's in charge of this is really sexist'”, in Purdue Exponent, archived from the…. From the entry dirty rush
  • The RCP was a tiny British party, founded in the 70s, officially disbanded in the late 90s.2020 August 1, Andy Beckett, “Why Boris Johnson's Tories fell for a tiny sect of libertarian provocateurs”, in The Guardian, archived from…. From the entry RCP

Meaning of disband

  1. verb To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
  2. verb To loose the bands of; to set free.
  3. verb To divorce.

Full definition of disband

Questions about the past tense of disband

What is the past tense of disband?
The past tense of disband is disbanded.
What is the past participle of disband?
The past participle of disband is disbanded.
Is disband a regular or irregular verb?
Disband is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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