How to spell disband

Disband is spelled D-I-S-B-A-N-D.

hear itdis·band/dɪs'bænd/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: To stop being a group or organization.

In a sentence: The band decided to disband after their last concert.

Same family: band, banded, banding, disbanded, disbanding. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Disband comes from the older noun 'band', meaning a group of people who are tied together, plus the prefix 'dis-' meaning to undo or reverse. So to disband literally means to undo the band or break up the group.

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