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Meaning of 'separate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Separate [ p. a.]
- Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.
- Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.
- Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
2 . Separate [ v. i.]
- To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
3 . Separate [ v. t.]
- To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
- To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
- To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

Meaning of 'separate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . separate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- separate into parts or portions
Example in sentence:
  • divide the cake into three equal parts;
  • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Meaning (2):
- force, take, or pull apart
Example in sentence:
  • He separated the fighting children;
  • Moses parted the Red Sea
Meaning (3):
- arrange or order by classes or categories
Example in sentence:
  • How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
Meaning (4):
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Example in sentence:
  • My friend and I split up;
  • The business partners broke over a tax question;
  • The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
Meaning (5):
- divide into components or constituents
Example in sentence:
  • Separate the wheat from the chaff
Meaning (6):
- become separated into pieces or fragments
Example in sentence:
  • The figurine broke;
  • The freshly baked loaf fell apart
Meaning (7):
- go one's own way; move apart
Example in sentence:
  • The friends separated after the party
Meaning (8):
- come apart
Example in sentence:
  • the group broke up;
  • The two pieces that we had glued separated
Meaning (9):
- act as a barrier between; stand between
Example in sentence:
  • The mountain range divides the two countries
Meaning (10):
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
Example in sentence:
  • The road forks
Meaning (11):
- mark as different
Example in sentence:
  • We distinguish several kinds of maple
12 . separate [ a]
Meaning (12):
- independent; not united or joint
Example in sentence:
  • a problem consisting of two separate issues;
  • formed a separate church;
  • they went their separate ways
13 . separate [ s]
Meaning (13):
- standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
Example in sentence:
  • a freestanding bell tower;
  • a house with a separate garage
Meaning (14):
- separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
Example in sentence:
  • girls and boys in separate classes;
  • separate but equal

Nearby Words:

sepal sepaled sepaline sepalody sepaloid sepalous separability separable separated separatical

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