"detached" meaning in English

See detached in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/ Audio: en-us-detached.ogg [US] Forms: more detached [comparative], most detached [superlative]
Rhymes: -ætʃt Head templates: {{en-adj}} detached (comparative more detached, superlative most detached)
  1. Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.
    Sense id: en-detached-en-adj-V7SmTNfk
  2. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side. Translations (of a house: not joined to another house on either side): отделен (otdelen) (Bulgarian), самостоятелен (samostojatelen) (Bulgarian), exempt (Catalan), a quatre vents (Catalan), fritstående (Danish), erillinen (Finnish), erillis- (Finnish), à quatre façades (French), frittstående (Norwegian Bokmål), frittståande (Norwegian Nynorsk), aislada [feminine] (Spanish), fristående (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-detached-en-adj-3QHTx9Fy Disambiguation of 'of a house: not joined to another house on either side': 10 69 1 20
  3. Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested. Translations (having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested): desinteressat (Catalan), elfogulatlan (Hungarian), tárgyilagos (Hungarian), imparcial (Portuguese), desinteressado [masculine] (Portuguese), desapegado [masculine] (Portuguese), desinteresado (Spanish), imparcial (Spanish), objetivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-detached-en-adj-fE0jJobg Disambiguation of 'having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested': 2 1 91 6
  4. Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial. Translations (not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial): безпристрастен (bezpristrasten) (Bulgarian), ulkopuolinen (Finnish), puolueeton (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-detached-en-adj-4gkHN9JM Disambiguation of 'not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial': 7 8 4 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: detached house, detached work, semi-detached

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/ Audio: en-us-detached.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ætʃt Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} detached
  1. simple past and past participle of detach Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: detach
    Sense id: en-detached-en-verb-9jb49Db4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 10 14 27 35

Alternative forms

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