"dissolution" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdɪsəˈluʃən/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-dissolution.ogg Forms: dissolutions [plural]
Rhymes: -uːʃən Etymology: From Middle English dissolucioun, from Old French dissolucion, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|dissolucioun}} Middle English dissolucioun, {{der|en|fro|dissolucion}} Old French dissolucion, {{der|en|la|dissolūtiō|t=a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution}} Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)
  1. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: abolition, disestablishment Translations (termination of an organized body or legislative assembly): διάλυσις (diálusis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ləğv (Azerbaijani), разпускане (razpuskane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), dissolució [feminine] (Catalan), 解散 (jiěsàn) (Chinese Mandarin), rozpuštění [neuter] (Czech), hajottaminen (Finnish), dissolution [feminine] (French), დაშლა (dašla) (Georgian), Auflösung [feminine] (German), pembubaran (Indonesian), 解体 (kaitai) (Japanese), 解散 (kaisan) (Japanese), 廃止 (haishi) (Japanese), dissolūtiō [feminine] (Latin), interitus [masculine] (Latin), wetekanga (Maori), فروپاشی (forupâši) (Persian), rozwiązanie [neuter] (Polish), dissolução [feminine] (Portuguese), dizolvare [feminine] (Romanian), ро́спуск (róspusk) (english: by an outside agent) [masculine] (Russian), распа́д (raspád) (english: by itself) [masculine] (Russian), sgaoileadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), disolución (Spanish), desintegración [feminine] (Spanish), upplösning [common-gender] (Swedish), pagbuwag (Tagalog), pagkabuwag (Tagalog), фурӯпошӣ (furüpoši) (Tajik), ро́зпуск (rózpusk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dissolution-en-noun-EX25y7Xm Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 15 36 34 Disambiguation of 'termination of an organized body or legislative assembly': 85 4 4 7
  2. Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dissolution-en-noun-tw88cikZ Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 15 36 34
  3. Dissolving, or going into solution. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (dissolving, or going into solution): разтваряне (raztvarjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), dissolució [feminine] (Catalan), rozpuštění [neuter] (Czech), liukeneminen (Finnish), dissolution [feminine] (French), დაშლა (dašla) (Georgian), Auflösung [feminine] (German), pelarutan (Indonesian), memehatanga (Maori), resolucioun (Middle English), dissolucioun (Middle English), dizolvare [feminine] (Romanian), disoluție [feminine] (Romanian), descompunere [feminine] (Romanian), растворе́ние (rastvorénije) [neuter] (Russian), upplösning (Swedish)
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  4. The quality of being dissolute. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dissipation
    Sense id: en-dissolution-en-noun-W76ffD7Q Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 15 36 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antidissolution, dissolutional, dissolutionism, dissolutionist, double dissolution, electrodissolution, nondissolution, photodissolution, predissolution, redissolution

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "termination of an organized body or legislative assembly",
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      "sense": "termination of an organized body or legislative assembly",
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      "sense": "termination of an organized body or legislative assembly",
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      "sense": "termination of an organized body or legislative assembly",
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      "sense": "termination of an organized body or legislative assembly",
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      "sense": "termination of an organized body or legislative assembly",
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      "sense": "termination of an organized body or legislative assembly",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
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      "word": "разтваряне"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dissolució"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rozpuštění"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
      "word": "liukeneminen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dašla",
      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
      "word": "დაშლა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
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      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
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      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
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      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
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      "word": "descompunere"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "rastvorénije",
      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
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      "word": "растворе́ние"
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      "sense": "dissolving, or going into solution",
      "word": "upplösning"
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}

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