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dis-

(DIS)

apart, away, or not

Latin for apart, away, or not. Disagree means not agree; disconnect means break apart.

Example words

  • disagree

    to not agree

  • disconnect

    to break apart

  • discontinue

    to stop — to break the continuity

  • distract

    to pull attention away

Words in our dictionary that use this root

Every dataset word containing dis-, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.

  • dismiss

    to send away

  • distract

    to pull attention away

  • disagree

    to not agree

  • disconnect

    to break apart

  • discontinue

    to stop — to break the continuity

  • disaster

    originally, a bad star — a misfortune

  • disrupt

    to break apart

Who it is for

Grades served: 4, 5

Level 1Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.

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