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unassemble

unassemble verb: to take apart; to disassemble.

Verb

unassemble (third-person singular simple present unassembles, present participle unassembling, simple past and past participle unassembled)

  1. (transitive) To take apart; to disassemble.
    • “I’m constantly reassembling and unassembling it.”2007 June 14, Penelope Green, “The Artist’s Kitchen, Recycled and Curated”, in New York Times
  2. (transitive) To disassemble.

Forms of unassemble

third-person singular presentunassembles
present participleunassembling
past participleunassembled
pastunassembled

Origin of unassemble

From un- + assemble.

Words formed from unassemble

Questions about unassemble

What does unassemble mean?
Unassemble means to take apart; to disassemble.
What part of speech is unassemble?
Unassemble is a verb.
What is the past tense of unassemble?
The past tense of unassemble is unassembled.

Words near unassemble in the dictionary

  1. unassaultable
  2. unassaulted
  3. unassaultive
  4. unassayed
  5. unassed
  6. unassemble
  7. unassembled
  8. unassembler
  9. unassemblers
  10. unassembles
  11. unassemblies

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