to decouple
- verb
- /dɪˈkʌpəl/
- To improve safety, the engineer decided to decouple the two systems that were previously linked.
You have CNN, you have HBO, which as of now is decoupling further still from the rest of Max.
- You have CNN, you have HBO, which as of now is decoupling further still from the rest of Max.
- And history has been decoupled from traditional ideas of what we should learn about the past.
- If you can decouple reasoning and facts and end up with much smaller models that can reason really well.
- And you have to find a way to kind of decouple money from public health or from any of of the other agencies.
- For a car that costs this much money, I would want to be able to decouple the different modes and things that come with changing between Sprint and Swift and smooth.
- You know, when we took steps, those steps were decoupled from our breathing apparatus.
- It's it's totally decoupled now from action.
- Like one, we see increasing number of drugs that are that that decouple that network, including ones like that aren't psychedelic.
Examples
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It is important to decouple personal feelings from professional judgments in the workplace.
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The team worked hard to decouple the tasks, allowing each member to focus on their individual responsibilities.
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And you have to find a way to kind of decouple money from public health or from any of of the other agencies.
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So no, the answer to that is no on the, you know, on the other issue, which is should people decouple their finances?
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If you can decouple reasoning and facts and end up with much smaller models that can reason really well.
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And history has been decoupled from traditional ideas of what we should learn about the past.
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How I wish health care coverage would be decoupled from employment.
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So now we're going to decouple the heat sink from the PCB front side.
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In other words, there is a powerful role for the political system in decoupling migration and security.
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Or do we just let current trends continue and have communities decoupled from the global network?
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Synonyms
End a relationship or go separate ways
To move apart or stop being together
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
To stop being part of or connected to something
To come apart from something it is connected to
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts
To remove a connection between accounts, files, or devices
Separate things that are attached to each other
To release something that is tied or fastened so it can move away
To separate something from what it is connected to
To separate parts so they are no longer connected
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Decouple comes from the parts de- meaning 'remove' and couple meaning 'pair' or 'join', so it literally means to 'un-join' things. That's why to decouple two systems is to disconnect or separate them so they no longer depend on each other.