desprenderse de

v.

1 to get rid of, to dispossess oneself of.

Ricardo se desprendió de su reloj Richard got rid of his watch.

2 to come off from, to come away from.

El cuadro se desprendió de la pared The picture came off from the wall.

3 to fall off from, to fall from, to come off, to drop off from.

La piedra se desprendió de la colina The rock fell off from the hill.

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(v.) = divest of, drop away from, throw away, part with, come out of, fall off of

Ex. Of course, not all SLIS should divest themselves of library-based programmes to take advantage of uncertain information markets.

Ex. As the cards are raised on the needle, those which are notched to the edge at that position will drop away from the pack.

Ex. The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.

Ex. He cried, 'Not that, I cannot part with that'.

Ex. Perhaps the most outstanding model to come out of the NIC project was that of Detroit's community information service, which was given the name 'The Information Place', TIP.

Ex. So, even if one of the many libraries falls off of the information food chain in some way, the others will be always be there for us.

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(v.) = divest of, drop away from, throw away, part with, come out of, fall off of

Ex: Of course, not all SLIS should divest themselves of library-based programmes to take advantage of uncertain information markets.

Ex: As the cards are raised on the needle, those which are notched to the edge at that position will drop away from the pack.

Ex: The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.

Ex: He cried, 'Not that, I cannot part with that'.

Ex: Perhaps the most outstanding model to come out of the NIC project was that of Detroit's community information service, which was given the name 'The Information Place', TIP.

Ex: So, even if one of the many libraries falls off of the information food chain in some way, the others will be always be there for us.