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separate

[sep-uh-reyt, sep-er-it]

verb (used with object)

separated, separating 
  1. to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space.

    to separate two fields by a fence.

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  2. to put, bring, or force apart; part.

    to separate two fighting boys.

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  3. to set apart; disconnect; dissociate.

    to separate church and state.

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  4. to remove or sever from association, service, etc., especially legally or formally.

    He was separated from the army right after V-E Day.

  5. to sort, part, divide, or disperse (an assemblage, mass, compound, etc.), as into individual units, components, or elements.

  6. to take by parting or dividing; extract (usually followed by from orout ).

    to separate metal from ore.

  7. Mathematics.Ģżto 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.



verb (used without object)

separated, separating 
  1. to part company; withdraw from personal association (often followed byfrom ).

    to separate from a church.

  2. (of a married pair) to stop living together but without getting a divorce.

  3. to draw or come apart; become divided, disconnected, or detached.

  4. to become parted from a mass or compound.

    Cream separates from milk.

  5. to take or go in different directions.

    We have to separate at the crossroad.

adjective

  1. detached, disconnected, or disjoined.

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  2. unconnected; distinct; unique.

    two separate questions.

  3. being or standing apart; distant or dispersed.

    two separate houses;

    The desert has widely separate oases.

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  4. existing or maintained independently.

    separate organizations.

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  5. individual or particular.

    each separate item.

  6. not shared; individual or private.

    separate checks;

    separate rooms.

  7. Sometimes Separate noting or relating to a church or other organization no longer associated with the original or parent organization.

noun

  1. 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.

  2. offprint.

  3. 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

  1. (tr) to act as a barrier between

    a range of mountains separates the two countries

  2. to put or force or be put or forced apart

  3. to part or be parted from a mass or group

  4. (tr) to discriminate between

    to separate the men from the boys

  5. to divide or be divided into component parts; sort or be sorted

  6. to sever or be severed

  7. (intr) (of a married couple) to cease living together by mutual agreement or after obtaining a decree of judicial separation

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. existing or considered independently

    a separate problem

  2. disunited or apart

  3. set apart from the main body or mass

  4. distinct, individual, or particular

  5. solitary or withdrawn

  6. (sometimes capital) designating or relating to a Church or similar institution that has ceased to have associations with an original parent organization

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • separately adverb
  • separateness noun
  • nonseparating adjective
  • preseparate verb (used with object)
  • reseparate verb
  • unseparate adjective
  • unseparateness noun
  • unseparated adjective
  • unseparating adjective
  • well-separated adjective
  • ˈ²õ±š±č²¹°ł²¹³Ł±š²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
  • ˈ²õ±š±č²¹°ł²¹³Ł±š±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of separate1

First recorded in 1400–50; from late Middle English (noun and adjective), from Latin ²õŧ±č²¹°łÄå³Ł³Ü²õ, past participle of ²õŧ±č²¹°łÄå°ł±š, equivalent to ²õŧ- se- + ±č²¹°łÄå°ł±š ā€œto furnish, produce, obtainā€; prepare
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of separate1

C15: from Latin ²õŧ±č²¹°łÄå°ł±š, from ²õŧ- apart + ±č²¹°łÄå°ł±š to obtain
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Synonym Study

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.
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Linear TV’s struggles have led media companies to spin off their traditional television assets, including cable networks, into separate entities.

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All sick or injured, all separated from their names, all their futures riding on a single question: Does anyone know who this is?

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Paige is separated from the girls’ father, and he lives elsewhere.

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"It's not harsh, it's evil. You don't separate families," he said.

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The squad will now go their separate ways over the summer, with international commitments, including the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia.

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