to decouple
- verb
- /dɪˈkʌpəl/
- Second, they decouple religion and ethnicity.
But is there a way to decouple reasoning from facts?
- But is there a way to decouple reasoning from facts?
- Because I think those things can't be decoupled in many ways.
- And of course, I can decouple the artist from the art that they do.
- Second, they decouple religion and ethnicity.
- Let me review where my week went good and bad, and let me decouple my emotions from that so I can enter Monday with freedom.
- So they're information that is just kind of held there and presented to the rest of the nervous system and, and it's decoupled from immediate action.
- As we'll see, the era counts was decoupled from the phenomenal order of things, objects, or events.
- There are times that I have been at my sickest and podium at UTMB and so it's really hard to decouple those two.
Examples
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And of course, I can decouple the artist from the art that they do.
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So is it possible Bitcoin could actually decouple from the stock market?
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No, I think the main idea is that you should decouple work from having to live.
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What happens if you decouple sex from pregnancy?
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Let me review where my week went, good and bad, and let me decouple my emotions from that so I can enter Monday with freedom.
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But is there a way to decouple reasoning from facts?
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But for you anyway, how do you decouple your idea of personal style from thinness?
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Indeed, there may be a chance now of achieving a general or at least widespread ceasefire, decoupled from a definitive political solution.
Academic text (1994) -
What we are proposing is downsizing colleges and universities to a more reasonable scale and eventually decoupling undergraduate education from the largest of them.
Academic text (1996) -
In order to analyze the issues effectively, we must decouple the data from our personal biases.
Synonyms
To keep someone or something apart from others
To keep one thing apart from another so they do not mix
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 separate parts of your life, work, or feelings so they stay apart
To separate a part from a larger group for a special task
To free someone from a difficult or confusing situation
To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts
To separate something into smaller parts to study it
To treat two things as separate and not related
To separate products or services sold together so each can be sold separately
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 remove something from the situation where it came from so people can understand or use it on its own
To separate parts of data so they are easier to understand
To separate parts so they are no longer connected
To divide a space with a wall or curtain to make a new area
To untangle threads or cords that are twisted together
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Etymology
Decouple comes from the parts de- meaning 'remove' and couple meaning 'pair' or 'join', so it literally means to 'take apart a pair'. That's why to decouple ideas or choices is to treat them as separate and not linked in thought or decision.