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verb (used with object)
1.
to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
2.
to put, bring, or force apart; part: to separate two fighting boys.
3.
to set apart; disconnect; dissociate: to separate church and state.
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.
EXPANDto 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 or out): to separate metal from ore.
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COLLAPSEMathematics. 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)
8.
to part company; withdraw from personal association (often followed by from): to separate from a church.
9.
(of a married pair) to stop living together but without getting a divorce.
10.
to draw or come apart; become divided, disconnected, or detached.
11.
to become parted from a mass or compound: Cream separates from milk.
12.
to take or go in different directions: We have to separate at the crossroad.
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Separating
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adjective
13.
detached, disconnected, or disjoined.
14.
unconnected; distinct; unique: two separate questions.
15.
being or standing apart; distant or dispersed: two separate houses; The desert has widely separate oases.
16.
existing or maintained independently: separate organizations.
17.
EXPANDindividual or particular: each separate item.
18.
not shared; individual or private: separate checks; separate rooms.
19.
COLLAPSE(sometimes initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a church or other organization no longer associated with the original or parent organization.
noun
20.
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.
21.
offprint (def. 1).
22.
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:
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
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
Related forms
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.
EXPANDun·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
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.
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.
Antonyms
1–3. unite, connect.
1–3. unite, connect.
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