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 Definitions of Separate  [ˈsɛp ər ə bəl, ˈsɛp rə-]  

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Definition of 'Separate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) separate
to keep apart; divide.

2.  separate
to bring or force apart:
to separate two fighting boys.

3.  separate
to disconnect; dissociate:
to separate church and state.

4.  separate
to remove from active association:
separated from the army.

5.  separate
to sort or disperse into individual components.

6.  separate
to extract :
to separate metal from ore.

7. (v.i.) separate
to withdraw from an association:
to separate from a church.

8.  separate
to stop living together but without divorce.

9.  separate
to draw or come apart.

10.  separate
to become parted from a mass or compound.

11.  separate
to take or go in different directions.

12. (adj.) separate
detached; distinct.

13.  separate
existing or maintained independently.

14.  separate
not shared; individual:
separate checks.

15.  separate
(often cap.) no longer associated with a parent organization, as a church.

16. (n.) separate
Usu., separates. women's garments designed to be worn in various combinations.

Etymology:  (1400–50; < L sēparātus, ptp. of sēparāre=sē-se - +parāre to furnish, produce, obtain, prepare ; see -ate1)

Definition of 'Separate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) offprint, reprint, separate
a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

2. (adj) separate
a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

3. (adj) separate
independent; not united or joint
"a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"

4. (adj) freestanding, separate
standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
"a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"

5. (adj) separate
separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
"separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"

6. (verb) disjoined, separate
have the connection undone; having become separate

7. (verb) separate, divide
act as a barrier between; stand between
"The mountain range divides the two countries"

8. (verb) separate, disunite, divide, part
force, take, or pull apart
"He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

9. (verb) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
mark as different
"We distinguish several kinds of maple"

10. (verb) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
separate into parts or portions
"divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

11. (verb) separate
divide into components or constituents
"Separate the wheat from the chaff"

12. (verb) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

13. (verb) separate, divide
make a division or separation

14. (verb) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
"The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

15. (verb) separate, part, split
go one's own way; move apart
"The friends separated after the party"

16. (verb) break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
become separated into pieces or fragments
"The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

17. (verb) discriminate, separate, single out
treat differently on the basis of sex or race

18. (verb) separate, divide, part
come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"

19. (verb) branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
"The road forks"


Definition of 'Separate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) separate
not joined
The middle school and high school are in separate buildings.

2.  separate
different, not connected or related
a separate species; Three men were wounded in two separate shootings.

3. (verb) separate
to move two things or people away from each other
Separate the egg yolks from the whites.; Their teacher has separated them in class.; two sections of bone that had separated

4.  separate
(of a married couple or partners) to decide not to live together any more
His parents separated when he was very young.


Definition of 'Separate' Webster Dictionary 

1.  Separate
divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected

2.  Separate
unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected

3.  Separate
disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls

4. (verb) Separate
to disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner

5. (verb) Separate
to come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa

6. (verb) Separate
to set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service

7. (verb) Separate
to part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated


Translation of 'Separate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (sometimes withintoorfrom) to place, take, keep or force apart
He separated the money into two piles; A policeman tried to separate the men who were fighting.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skei Arabic flag Arabic: يفْصِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отделям
Brazilian flag Brazilian: separar Czech flag Czech: rozdělit, oddělit German flag German: trennen
Danish flag Danish: dele op; adskille Greek flag Greek: χωρίζω κτ. σε μέρη, κρατώ Spanish flag Spanish: separar
Estonian flag Estonian: eraldama, lahutama Farsi flag Farsi: جدا كردن Finnish flag Finnish: jakaa
French flag French: séparer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַפרִיד Hindi flag Hindi: अलग करना, अलग हो जाना
Croatian flag Croatian: razdvojiti, odvojiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: elválaszt Indonesian flag Indonesian: memisahkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skilja að/sundur Italian flag Italian: separare Japanese flag Japanese: 分ける
Korean flag Korean: 분리하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išskirti, išskirstyti, at Latvian flag Latvian: sadalīt; atšķirt; izšķirt
Malay flag Malay: memisahkan Dutch flag Dutch: scheiden Norwegian flag Norwegian: atskille, dele
Polish flag Polish: oddzielać, rozdzielać Persian flag Persian: جدا كردن Pashto flag Pashto: بيلتون، جلاكول، وېشل، تجز
Portuguese flag Portuguese: separar Romanian flag Romanian: a separa Russian flag Russian: отделять; разъединять
Slovak flag Slovak: rozdeliť, oddeliť Slovenian flag Slovenian: ločiti Serbian flag Serbian: razdvojiti
Swedish flag Swedish: dela upp, skiljaåt, sära Thai flag Thai: แยกออกจากกัน Turkish flag Turkish: ayırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 分開 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відокремлювати(ся), розді Urdu flag Urdu: علیحدہ کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tách rời ra Chinese flag Chinese: 分开

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