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separate
[ verb sep-uh-reyt; adjective noun sep-er-it ]
verb (used with object)
- to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space:
to separate two fields by a fence.
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- to put, bring, or force apart; part:
to separate two fighting boys.
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- to set apart; disconnect; dissociate:
to separate church and state.
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- to remove or sever from association, service, etc., especially legally or formally:
He was separated from the army right after V-E Day.
- to sort, part, divide, or disperse (an assemblage, mass, compound, etc.), as into individual units, components, or elements.
- to take by parting or dividing; extract (usually followed by from or out ):
to separate metal from ore.
- Mathematics. to write (the variables of a differential equation) in a form in which the differentials of the independent and dependent variables are, respectively, functions of these variables alone: Compare separation of variables.
We can separate the variables to solve the equation.
verb (used without object)
- to part company; withdraw from personal association (often followed by from ):
to separate from a church.
- (of a married pair) to stop living together but without getting a divorce.
- to draw or come apart; become divided, disconnected, or detached.
- to become parted from a mass or compound:
Cream separates from milk.
- to take or go in different directions:
We have to separate at the crossroad.
adjective
- detached, disconnected, or disjoined.
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- unconnected; distinct; unique:
two separate questions.
- being or standing apart; distant or dispersed:
two separate houses;
The desert has widely separate oases.
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- existing or maintained independently:
separate organizations.
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- individual or particular:
each separate item.
- not shared; individual or private:
separate checks;
separate rooms.
- Sometimes ··ٱ. noting or relating to a church or other organization no longer associated with the original or parent organization.
noun
- Usually ··ٱ. women's outer garments that may be worn in combination with a variety of others to make different ensembles, as matching and contrasting blouses, skirts, and sweaters.
- a bibliographical unit, as an article, chapter, or other portion of a larger work, printed from the same type but issued separately, sometimes with additional pages.
separate
verb
- tr to act as a barrier between
a range of mountains separates the two countries
- to put or force or be put or forced apart
- to part or be parted from a mass or group
- tr to discriminate between
to separate the men from the boys
- to divide or be divided into component parts; sort or be sorted
- to sever or be severed
- intr (of a married couple) to cease living together by mutual agreement or after obtaining a decree of judicial separation
adjective
- existing or considered independently
a separate problem
- disunited or apart
- set apart from the main body or mass
- distinct, individual, or particular
- solitary or withdrawn
- sometimes capital designating or relating to a Church or similar institution that has ceased to have associations with an original parent organization
Derived Forms
- ˈ貹ٱԱ, noun
- ˈ貹ٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ··ٱ· adverb
- ··ٱ·Ա noun
- ԴDz····Բ adjective
- ···ٱ verb (used with object) preseparated preseparating
- ···ٱ verb reseparated reseparating
- ܲ···ٱ adjective
- un···ٱ·Ա noun
- ܲ···· adjective
- ܲ····Բ adjective
- ɱ-··· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of separate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The trio of officers in pursuit made their way to the backyard and climbed up a wall to a fence that separated the home from Lauren’s property.
"I am sure that her being brought into this country illegally and thus separated from her carers is bound to be a significant factor," he said.
Judge Garnett asked prosecutors to write a letter within seven days explaining how Mr Mangione would be ensured access to a separate phone line to make privileged calls with his legal team.
Only four points separate both teams in the league, but this is not a Madrid at ease as they look back at the clubs' previous two meetings so far this season.
Analysts also warned that the recent run of sales increases might be about to come to an end after a separate survey suggested consumer confidence fell in April.
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