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Past tense of dissociate

regular verb

The past tense of dissociate is dissociated. The past participle is also dissociated.

Forms of dissociate

Base form (V1)dissociate /dɪˈsəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
Past tense (V2)dissociated
Past participle (V3)dissociated
Present participledissociating
Third person singulardissociates

Dissociated in a sentence

  • After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
  • We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
  • The fixed larvae were dissociated into fine pieces by pippetting in 50% acetic acid.2015, Xiaoting Huang et al., “Genomic in situ hybridization identifies parental chromosomes in hybrid scallop (Bivalvia, Pectinoida…. From the entry pippetting
  • Using electroporation of freshly dissociated cells to introduce CMV-GFP also shows differential transfectability in different cell types.2015 October 15, “Ctip2-, Satb2-, Prox1-, and GAD65-Expressing Neurons in Rat Cultures: Preponderance of Single- and Double-Positive…. From the entry transfectability
  • “Cells dissociated from adult animals usually do not recohere at all,” he wrote.2009 January 26, Donald G. Mcneil, “Aron Moscona, 87, Biologist Who Explored Embryonic Cells, Dies”, in New York Times. From the entry recohere

Meaning of dissociate

  1. verb To cease associating; To part.
  2. verb To undergo dissociation.
  3. verb To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

Full definition of dissociate

Questions about the past tense of dissociate

What is the past tense of dissociate?
The past tense of dissociate is dissociated.
What is the past participle of dissociate?
The past participle of dissociate is dissociated.
Is dissociate a regular or irregular verb?
Dissociate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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