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 separates

Finding the common bonds that help us realize that we have far more in common than that which separates us.

In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion |Gene Robinson |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
There is an at-grade light-rail line that for a couple of miles runs right along the Green Line that separates West from East.

Mass Murder in the Holy City |Michael Tomasky |November 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
What separates the trolls from the exuberant or opinionated is anonymity.

Outed Madeleine McCann Troll Kills Herself. But Millions Live On Online. |Barbie Latza Nadeau |October 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But in Buenos Aires, everyone knows what separates a Boca Juniors fan from a River Plate fan—there's a stark difference in class.

The Literature of Futbol: 11 Great Books About Soccer |Robert Birnbaum |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

I was captivated and by the end, I felt smarter, finally on the right side of the line that separates boys and men.

Almost Famous: A Father's Day Story |Alex Belth |June 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Each soul is shut up in an isolation as perfect, in one sense, as that which separates the far distant worlds in the universe.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.--April, 1852.--Vol. IV. |Various
The channel which separates it from the main land is of considerable depth, and 25 miles broad.

A Manual of Elementary Geology |Charles Lyell.
Children, especially when they are still young, follow the mother when she separates from the father.

The Sexual Question |August Forel
The score card does that,—separates each one and makes them stand for what they are worth.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting |Northern Nut Growers Association
The green part of the leaf aided by the sun takes hold of the gas and separates the carbon from the oxygen.

The First Book of Farming |Charles L. Goodrich

British Dictionary definitions for separates (1 of 2)

separates

/ (ˈsɛprɪts, ˈsɛpərɪts) /

pl n

women's outer garments that only cover part of the body and so are worn in combination with others, usually unmatching; skirts, blouses, jackets, trousers, etc Compare coordinates

British Dictionary definitions for separates (2 of 2)

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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pl n

British Dictionary definitions for separates (2 of 2)

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

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ANTONYMS FOR separate

OTHER WORDS FROM separate

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pl n

British Dictionary definitions for separates (2 of 2)

verb (ˈsɛpəˌreɪt)

adjective (ˈsɛprɪt, ˈsɛpərɪt)

Derived forms of separate

Word Origin for separate

British Dictionary definitions for separates (1 of 2)