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disaggregate

American  
[dis-ag-ri-geyt] / dɪsˈæg rɪˌgeɪt /

verb (used with object)

disaggregated, disaggregating
  1. to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.


verb (used without object)

disaggregated, disaggregating
  1. to become separated from an aggregate or mass.

disaggregate British  
/ dɪsˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt /

verb

  1. to separate from a group or mass

  2. to divide into parts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of disaggregate

First recorded in 1820–30; dis- 1 + aggregate

Example Sentences

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A new U.S. accounting standard approved in 2024 will require companies to disaggregate quarterly expenses into five specific categories, including depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, and employee compensation.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

One reason is the deals weren’t just about trade, but also national security and other matters that make them harder to disaggregate.

From Barron's Dec. 14, 2025

But it said “their relative role remains impossible to disaggregate from many other factors.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 9, 2024

State officials did not disaggregate Sunday’s recreational customers from that total.

From Washington Times Jul. 6, 2023

And can we actually disaggregate the work of a journalist and keep part in London and New York and shift part to India?

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

Addressing the technical challenges of scaling massive AI data centers, Huang said that computing is becoming increasingly disaggregated and distributed, and to tie these sprawling systems together, the industry must rely heavily on advanced connectivity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

This past week was dominated by the collapse of software—and just about every other industry that could be disaggregated by tools like Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

“The bag fee and the seat-selection fee and all those other disaggregated fees are really something that the airlines can showcase to investors, saying, ‘Look how much money we’re making.’

From Slate Oct. 9, 2025

Their data were not disaggregated for alumni and donor-only connections in the Assn. of Independent California Colleges and Universities’ report to the state.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 29, 2024

Studies of racial profiling typically report the total number of people stopped and searched, disaggregated by race.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

By disaggregating the sounds, the remixes succeed in allowing listeners to hear previously unrealized vistas of the recordings.

From Salon Nov. 10, 2023

With “Now and Then,” their efforts came up trumps, disaggregating Lennon’s vocal in splendid isolation.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2023

The second element — which you have probably heard of because the industry has been talking about it excitedly — is this thing called Open RAN, which is the idea of disaggregating hardware and software.

From The Verge Aug. 9, 2022

He approves of the recently passed Every Student Succeeds Act, which makes states primarily responsible for holding schools accountable for serving all students, and for testing students yearly and disaggregating the results.

From US News Jan. 19, 2016

A dangerously near approach to Jupiter in 1841 is believed to have occasioned their disruption, and the disaggregating process thus started was likely to continue.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

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