Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to disband
Participle: disbanded
Gerund: disbanding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | disband |
| you | disband |
| he;she;it | disbands |
| we | disband |
| you | disband |
| they | disband |
Perfect
| I | have disbanded |
| you | have disbanded |
| he;she;it | has disbanded |
| we | have disbanded |
| you | have disbanded |
| they | have disbanded |
Past
| I | disbanded |
| you | disbanded |
| he;she;it | disbanded |
| we | disbanded |
| you | disbanded |
| they | disbanded |
Pluperfect
| I | had disbanded |
| you | had disbanded |
| he;she;it | had disbanded |
| we | had disbanded |
| you | had disbanded |
| they | had disbanded |
Future
| I | will disband |
| you | will disband |
| he;she;it | will disband |
| we | will disband |
| you | will disband |
| they | will disband |
Future Perfect
| I | will have disbanded |
| you | will have disbanded |
| he;she;it | will have disbanded |
| we | will have disbanded |
| you | will have disbanded |
| they | will have disbanded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | disband |
| you | disband |
| he;she;it | disband |
| we | disband |
| you | disband |
| they | disband |
Perfect
| I | have disbanded |
| you | have disbanded |
| he;she;it | have disbanded |
| we | have disbanded |
| you | have disbanded |
| they | have disbanded |
Imperfect
| I | disbanded |
| you | disbanded |
| he;she;it | disbanded |
| we | disbanded |
| you | disbanded |
| they | disbanded |
Pluperfect
| I | had disbanded |
| you | had disbanded |
| he;she;it | had disbanded |
| we | had disbanded |
| you | had disbanded |
| they | had disbanded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would disband |
| you | would disband |
| he;she;it | would disband |
| we | would disband |
| you | would disband |
| they | would disband |
Perfect
| I | would have disbanded |
| you | would have disbanded |
| he;she;it | would have disbanded |
| we | would have disbanded |
| you | would have disbanded |
| they | would have disbanded |
Imperative
| you | disband |
| we | Let's disband |
| you | disband |
Verbs conjugated like 'disband'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'disband'
disbend,
disbind,
dispand,
desand,
disbar,
disbark,
disbase,
disbound,
disbud,
discandy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- separate
- dispel, disarm, demobilize, dismiss, disorganize, disperse, dissolve
Antonyms
- to come together as a group
- break up, disperse, dissolve, dwindle, assemble
- separate
- connect, combine, attach, consolidate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Attested since the 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), from des- (English dis-) + bande (English band), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). By surface analysis, dis- + band. See: French '
débander'.
Sample Sentences
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The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
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I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s.
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Having taken a review of his Army at Ardachan, he disbanded his Army, and he himself continu'd his Journey to Erzirum [1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:]
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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:]
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And therefore […] she ought to be disbanded. [1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:]