"disconnection" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɪs.kəˈnɛk.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-disconnection.wav Forms: disconnections [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: From dis- + connection. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|connection}} dis- + connection Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} disconnection (countable and uncountable, plural disconnections)
  1. Severance of a physical connection. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-disconnection-en-noun-meCeMx~C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 4 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 8 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 6 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 78 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 4 13
  2. Unexpected termination of a telephone connection. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-disconnection-en-noun-gAVMbyKu
  3. Absence of rapport; the nonexistence of, or a breakdown of, effective communication. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-disconnection-en-noun-qv4OEioM Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 24 31 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disconnect [noun], disconnexion [dated], dysconnection [mainly] Translations (to have no connections): Unterbrechung (German), 断絶 (danzetsu) (alt: だんぜつ) (Japanese), desconexión (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to have no connections': 44 40 15

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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