separate

[ verb sep-uh-reyt; adjective, noun sep-er-it ]

/ verb ˈsɛp əˌreɪt; adjective, noun ˈsɛp ər ɪt /

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verb (used with object), sep·a·rat·ed, sep·a·rat·ing.

to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.

to put, bring, or force apart; part: to separate two fighting boys.

to set apart; disconnect; dissociate: to separate church and state.

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: We can separate the variables to solve the equation. Compare separation of variables.

verb (used without object), sep·a·rat·ed, sep·a·rat·ing.

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.

unconnected; distinct; unique: two separate questions.

being or standing apart; distant or dispersed: two separate houses; The desert has widely separate oases.

existing or maintained independently: separate organizations.

individual or particular: each separate item.

not shared; individual or private: separate checks; separate rooms.

(sometimes initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a church or other organization no longer associated with the original or parent organization.

noun

Usually separates. 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.

offprint(def 1).

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.

Origin of separate

1400–50; late Middle English (noun and adj.) < Latin sēparātus (past participle of sēparāre), equivalent to sē- se- + par(āre) to furnish, produce, obtain, prepare + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR separate

1, 2 sever, sunder, split. Separate, divide imply a putting apart or keeping apart of things from each other. To separate is to remove from each other things previously associated: to separate a mother from her children. To divide is to split or break up carefully according to measurement, rule, or plan: to divide a cake into equal parts.

3 disjoin, disengage.

13 unattached, severed, discrete.

15 secluded, isolated.

16 independent.

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ANTONYMS FOR separate

1–3 unite, connect.

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OTHER WORDS FROM separate

sep·a·rate·ly, adverb sep·a·rate·ness, noun non·sep·a·rat·ing, adjective pre·sep·a·rate, verb (used with object), pre·sep·a·rat·ed, pre·sep·a·rat·ing.

re·sep·a·rate, verb, re·sep·a·rat·ed, re·sep·a·rat·ing. un·sep·a·rate, adjective un·sep·a·rate·ly, adverb un·sep·a·rate·ness, noun un·sep·a·rat·ed, adjective un·sep·a·rat·ing, adjective well-sep·a·rat·ed, adjective

Words nearby separate

sep., sepa, sepal, sepaloid, separable, separate, separate but equal, separate school, separate the men from the boys, separate the sheep from the goats, separate wheat from chaff

Example sentences from the Web for separated

Andrew and Fergie separated in 1992 after six years of marriage and formally divorced in 1996.

Fergie Dives Into Prince Andrew’s Sex Scandal |Tom Sykes |January 5, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
But the film lags during long stretches—particularly in the middle, when Franco and Rogen are separated from one-another.

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Counter-protestors marched to confront the pro-police contingent, separated by barricades and uniformed officers.

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Patty Hearst's parents are separated, and he broods about which parent the girl will go to before her marriage.

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She was separated from her colleagues after they were overcome by smoke and heat and ordered to withdraw.

The Mystery Death Of A Female Firefighter |Christopher Moraff |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Many women and children were crying because they had been separated from relatives and friends.

Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 |Various
It first seemed to him that reason and instinctive faith were separated by a wide interval.

British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV |Various
Between the vertebral and sternal portions an intermediate tract is separated off and ossified in the Monotremata.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard
In a hearty laugh over Hans Roeckle's political knowledge, they wished each other an affectionate good-night, and separated.

The Daltons, Volume I (of II) |Charles James Lever
They separated, and both kept in sight of the man, who did not seem to fear pursuit or dream any one was shadowing him.

Frank Merriwell Down South |Burt L. Standish

British Dictionary definitions for separated

separate

verb (ˈsɛpəˌreɪt)

(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 (ˈsɛprɪt, ˈsɛpərɪt)

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 of separate

separately, adverb separateness, noun

Word Origin for separate

C15: from Latin sēparāre, from sē- apart + parāre to obtain

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separate

verb (used with object), sep·a·rat·ed, sep·a·rat·ing.

verb (used without object), sep·a·rat·ed, sep·a·rat·ing.

adjective

noun

Origin of separate

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British Dictionary definitions for separated

verb (ˈsɛpəˌreɪt)

adjective (ˈsɛprɪt, ˈsɛpərɪt)

Derived forms of separate

Word Origin for separate

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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separate

verb (used with object), sep·a·rat·ed, sep·a·rat·ing.

verb (used without object), sep·a·rat·ed, sep·a·rat·ing.

adjective

noun

Origin of separate

SYNONYMS FOR separate

ANTONYMS FOR separate

OTHER WORDS FROM separate

Words nearby separate

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verb (ˈsɛpəˌreɪt)

adjective (ˈsɛprɪt, ˈsɛpərɪt)

Derived forms of separate

Word Origin for separate

British Dictionary definitions for separated