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What (who) is dis- - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
DIS; Dis (disambiguation); DIS (disambiguation)
dis-
¦ prefix
1. expressing negation: disadvantage.
2. denoting reversal or absence of an action or state: diseconomy.
3. denoting removal, separation, or expulsion: disbud|disbar.
4. expressing completeness or intensification of an action: disgruntled.
Origin
from L., sometimes via OFr. des-.
dis-
Dis- is added to some words that describe processes, qualities, or states, in order to form words describing the opposite processes, qualities, or states. For example, if you do not agree with someone, you disagree with them; if one thing is not similar to something else, it is dissimilar to it.
PREFIX
Dis-
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II. Dis- ·- A prefix from ·Gr. di`s- twice. ·see Di-.
III. Dis- ·- A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif-before f, and either dis-or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, ·Eng. two. ·see Two, and ·cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis-denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also intensive, as in dissever.
Examples of use of dis-
1. Israeli academics often visit the Abu Dis campus.
2. Shares in DIS were down 0.6 per cent to ň'4;ě58.61.
3. Downing Street denied rumours that she had been "dis–invited" by its billionaire owner.
4. They were as efficient as factory workers; a dis–assembly line, churning out Iraqi body parts.
5. A walled section of the security fence now runs through Abu Dis.