disaggregate

verb

dis·​ag·​gre·​gate (ˌ)dis-ˈa-gri-ˌgāt How to pronounce disaggregate (audio)
disaggregated; disaggregating; disaggregates

transitive verb

: to separate into component parts
disaggregate sandstone
disaggregate demographic data

intransitive verb

: to break up or apart
the molecules of a gel disaggregate to form a sol
disaggregation noun
disaggregative adjective

Examples of disaggregate in a Sentence

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For example, some educational leaders may not want to be accountable to data that disaggregates student outcomes by race — federal law requires the production and use of such data. Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025 Everyone seems to have a different opinion on how much openness is enough openness, or on just how much the RAN hardware elements should be disaggregated. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Apr. 2021 That the people who are constantly writing and rewriting Wikipedia entries are disaggregated volunteers—rather than bendable to one man’s ideological views—seems to be in the public interest. Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025 SumUp disaggregated its survey data by state to see where inflation was hitting business owners the hardest. Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disaggregate

Word History

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of disaggregate was in 1811

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“Disaggregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaggregate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

Medical Definition

disaggregate

verb
dis·​ag·​gre·​gate (ˈ)dis-ˈag-ri-ˌgāt How to pronounce disaggregate (audio)
disaggregated; disaggregating

transitive verb

: to separate into component parts
disaggregate polyribosomes

intransitive verb

: to break up or apart
the molecules of a gel disaggregate to form a sol
disaggregation noun

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