| disconnected |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of disconnect | |
| The phone company disconnected my DSL. | |
| 2. adj. That is no longer connected. | |
| There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone. | |
| 3. adj. Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something. | |
| I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world. | |
| 4. adj. Incoherent; disjointed. | |
| 5. adj. (mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed. | |
| disconnect |
| 1. v. To sever or interrupt a connection. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn. | |
| 3. v. To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source. | |
| 4. n. A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection. | |
| 5. n. A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit. | |
| 6. n. A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch. | |
| There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on. | |
| 7. n. (Scientology) The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| subtracted |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of subtract | |
| subtract |
| 1. v. (transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number | |
| If you subtract the $100 for gas from the total cost, it was a fairly inexpensive trip. | |
| from |
| 1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
| This wine comes from France. | |
| I got a letter from my brother. | |
| 2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
| He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
| He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
| Face away from the wall! | |
| 3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
| 20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
| 4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
| An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
| He knows right from wrong. | |
