Disengage
verb
To detach or separate something from something else.
He disengaged the trailer from the car.
Often appears as...
- disengage the trailer
- disengage the hook
verb
To become free or remove oneself from a situation or responsibility.
She decided to disengage herself from the project.
Often appears as...
- disengage oneself
- disengage from the project
verb
To stop a machine or equipment from working by detaching a part of it.
He disengaged the safety lock on his gun.
Often appears as...
- disengage the safety
- disengage the lock
verb
To detach or separate something from something else.
He disengaged the trailer from the car.
Often appears as...
- disengage the trailer
- disengage the hook
verb
To become free or remove oneself from a situation or responsibility.
She decided to disengage herself from the project.
Often appears as...
- disengage oneself
- disengage from the project
verb
To stop a machine or equipment from working by detaching a part of it.
He disengaged the safety lock on his gun.
Often appears as...
- disengage the safety
- disengage the lock
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Separation
Focuses on detaching physical objects from each other.
After the speech, the mayor disengaged his microphone from the stand.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal Use
Usually used in a very literal, concrete sense, referring to tangible things.
The mechanic showed her how to disengage the brake system.
Pro Tip 3/3Action-Oriented
Implies an active effort or action to separate things.
Use the lever to disengage the gears before servicing the equipment.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Separation
Focuses on detaching physical objects from each other.
After the speech, the mayor disengaged his microphone from the stand.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal Use
Usually used in a very literal, concrete sense, referring to tangible things.
The mechanic showed her how to disengage the brake system.
Pro Tip 3/3Action-Oriented
Implies an active effort or action to separate things.
Use the lever to disengage the gears before servicing the equipment.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Separation
Focuses on detaching physical objects from each other.
After the speech, the mayor disengaged his microphone from the stand.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal Use
Usually used in a very literal, concrete sense, referring to tangible things.
The mechanic showed her how to disengage the brake system.
Pro Tip 3/3Action-Oriented
Implies an active effort or action to separate things.
Use the lever to disengage the gears before servicing the equipment.
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The psychology of evil PIPE...
Diffusion of personal responsibility. Blind obedience to authority. Uncritical conformity to group norms. Passive tolerance of evil through inaction, or indifference. And it happens when you're in a new or unfamiliar situation. Your habitual response patterns don't work. Your personality and morality are disengaged.
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Upgrading management...
change world hunger education or anything else I'm going to propose that a precursor to effectively addressing any of these issues its first addressing this 70% of workers today are disengaged at work and it's going to require people at work to solve all these issues these people will be parts of organizations
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My descent into...
When we don't understand something, we tend to be afraid of it, and if we keep ourselves from it, that fear grows, and sometimes, it turns into hatred. Since I've left the movement, I've helped over a hundred people disengage from extremist movements, from white supremacist groups --
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Let's teach for mastery...
It's because I'm seeing an equation and they're dealing with exponents and that 30 percent that I didn't know is showing up. And then I start to disengage. To appreciate how absurd that is, imagine if we did other things in our life that way. Say, home-building.
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Science in service to...
while those of narcissism are on the rise. There is also a growing culture of disengagement between engineering students and the public. We are trained to build bridges and solve complex problems but not how to think or live or be a citizen of this world.
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Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
We become demotivated to learn more about how things work. We begin to opt out. Well, this problem, this challenge, is a thing that we must now confront, and I believe that when you have this kind of disengagement, this willful ignorance,
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Yves Morieux: As work...
No wonder they disengage. How do the hard and the soft try to foster cooperation? The In banks, when there is a problem between the back office and the front office, they don't cooperate. What is the solution?
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Bobby Ghosh: Why global...
sponsoring this kind of activity are now less generous. What does that mean for us in the West? Does it mean we can break out the champagne, wash our hands of it, disengage, sleep easy at night?
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Why global jihad is...
sponsoring this kind of activity are now less generous what does that mean for us in the West does it mean we can break out the champagne wash our hands of it disengage sleep easy at night
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Interviewing a Former...
But today, he has devoted his life to helping people disengage from the same extremist groups he used to belong to. What I see when I look at those pictures is not a tough guy.
Video examples
The psychology of evil PIPE...
Diffusion of personal responsibility. Blind obedience to authority. Uncritical conformity to group norms. Passive tolerance of evil through inaction, or indifference. And it happens when you're in a new or unfamiliar situation. Your habitual response patterns don't work. Your personality and morality are disengaged.
Video examples
Upgrading management...
change world hunger education or anything else I'm going to propose that a precursor to effectively addressing any of these issues its first addressing this 70% of workers today are disengaged at work and it's going to require people at work to solve all these issues these people will be parts of organizations
Video examples
My descent into...
When we don't understand something, we tend to be afraid of it, and if we keep ourselves from it, that fear grows, and sometimes, it turns into hatred. Since I've left the movement, I've helped over a hundred people disengage from extremist movements, from white supremacist groups --
Video examples
Let's teach for mastery...
It's because I'm seeing an equation and they're dealing with exponents and that 30 percent that I didn't know is showing up. And then I start to disengage. To appreciate how absurd that is, imagine if we did other things in our life that way. Say, home-building.
Video examples
Science in service to...
while those of narcissism are on the rise. There is also a growing culture of disengagement between engineering students and the public. We are trained to build bridges and solve complex problems but not how to think or live or be a citizen of this world.
Video examples
Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
We become demotivated to learn more about how things work. We begin to opt out. Well, this problem, this challenge, is a thing that we must now confront, and I believe that when you have this kind of disengagement, this willful ignorance,
Video examples
Yves Morieux: As work...
No wonder they disengage. How do the hard and the soft try to foster cooperation? The In banks, when there is a problem between the back office and the front office, they don't cooperate. What is the solution?
Video examples
Bobby Ghosh: Why global...
sponsoring this kind of activity are now less generous. What does that mean for us in the West? Does it mean we can break out the champagne, wash our hands of it, disengage, sleep easy at night?
Video examples
Why global jihad is...
sponsoring this kind of activity are now less generous what does that mean for us in the West does it mean we can break out the champagne wash our hands of it disengage sleep easy at night
Video examples
Interviewing a Former...
But today, he has devoted his life to helping people disengage from the same extremist groups he used to belong to. What I see when I look at those pictures is not a tough guy.
Example 1 of 10
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H. R. McMaster
American Public Servant
The key thing about force protection is... if you focus too much on force protection, and you disengage yourself from the community, you're putting yourself at greater risk because you need to interact with the community in a positive way to gain the intelligence you need.
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Tom Rath
American Author
I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs because that was their personality, and no matter how hard managers tried, there wasn't much they could do with some of those people.
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Ken Burns
American Director
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.
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Albert Bandura
Canadian Psychologist
It's in our ability to selectively engage and disengage our moral standards, and it helps explain how people can be barbarically cruel in one moment and compassionate the next.
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John Krasinski
American Actor
The things we always disengage with are one-sided stories or one-sided characters. They're very boring. When you feel like you're being hit over the head, you disengage.
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Grant Shapps
British Politician
An astonishing disengagement from reality is necessary to actually believe there is something sinister about protecting people's homes from invasion through squatting.
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Curt Coffman
American Author
Negativity is like a blood clot, and actively disengaged employees sometimes clot together in groups that support and reinforce their beliefs.
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Brene Brown
American Author
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.
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Robert Smithson
American Artist
A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.
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Tyler Posey
American Actor
When you play a character for so long, it's easy to get disengaged, and it becomes mundane and routine.
Quote examples
H. R. McMaster
American Public Servant
The key thing about force protection is... if you focus too much on force protection, and you disengage yourself from the community, you're putting yourself at greater risk because you need to interact with the community in a positive way to gain the intelligence you need.
Quote examples
Tom Rath
American Author
I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs because that was their personality, and no matter how hard managers tried, there wasn't much they could do with some of those people.
Quote examples
Ken Burns
American Director
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.
Quote examples
Albert Bandura
Canadian Psychologist
It's in our ability to selectively engage and disengage our moral standards, and it helps explain how people can be barbarically cruel in one moment and compassionate the next.
Quote examples
John Krasinski
American Actor
The things we always disengage with are one-sided stories or one-sided characters. They're very boring. When you feel like you're being hit over the head, you disengage.
Quote examples
Grant Shapps
British Politician
An astonishing disengagement from reality is necessary to actually believe there is something sinister about protecting people's homes from invasion through squatting.
Quote examples
Curt Coffman
American Author
Negativity is like a blood clot, and actively disengaged employees sometimes clot together in groups that support and reinforce their beliefs.
Quote examples
Brene Brown
American Author
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.
Quote examples
Robert Smithson
American Artist
A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.
Quote examples
Tyler Posey
American Actor
When you play a character for so long, it's easy to get disengaged, and it becomes mundane and routine.
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