separate

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verb

1 move/keep people/things apart

ADVERB

▪ completely

▪ carefully

▪ clearly

▪ These two branches of the science have now become clearly separated.

▪ effectively

▪ easily

▪ One cannot easily separate moral, social and political issues.

▪ formally

▪ legally

▪ mechanically

▪ Mechanically separated meat made from cattle and sheep has now been banned.

▪ geographically, physically, spatially

VERB + SEPARATE

▪ attempt to, try to

▪ be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to

▪ It was impossible to separate the rival fans.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪ The boys are separated from the girls.

▪ into

▪ I separated the documents into two piles.

PHRASES

▪ sharply separated, totally separated, widely separated

▪ The disciplines of science and engineering are not always sharply separated.

▪ an island resort totally separated from the mainland

▪ The two groups became widely separated.

▪ The two populations are widely separated geographically.

2 stop living together

ADVERB

▪ legally

▪ recently

▪ He had recently separated from his wife.

▪ forcibly

▪ Slave parents were forcibly separated from their children.

VERB + SEPARATE

▪ decide to

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪ She is separated from her husband.

Separate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑chasm, ↑divide, ↑gap, ↑gulf, ↑line, ↑partition, ↑strait, ↑wall

Separate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑egg, ↑strand, ↑twin
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adj.

VERBS

▪ be

▪ become

▪ remain

▪ keep sb/sth

▪ The women are kept separate from the men.

▪ consider sth

ADVERB

▪ somewhat, very

▪ I kept my two lives very separate.

▪ essentially, largely

▪ The two groups are essentially separate and independent.

▪ completely, entirely, quite, totally, wholly

▪ The waste water is kept entirely separate from the rainwater.

▪ apparently

▪ previously

▪ to merge the two previously separate businesses

▪ geographically, physically

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪ a lifestyle which is quite separate from that of her parents

PHRASES

▪ go your separate ways

▪ They decided to go their separate ways after being together for five years.

Separate is used with these nouns: ↑account, ↑bedroom, ↑category, ↑compartment, ↑component, ↑cubicle, ↑direction, ↑discipline, ↑entity, ↑entrance, ↑existence, ↑identity, ↑incident, ↑occasion, ↑part, ↑property, ↑section, ↑sheet, ↑sphere, ↑strand, ↑volume, ↑way

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Synonyms:

Disjoin, disunite, part, divide, sever, dissever, detach, disconnect, disengage, Part, divide, be divided, be disunited, be separated, sunder, Disjoined, disconnected, dissociated, detached, disjointed, disunited, parted, divided, severed / Sever, sunder, lie between, hold apart, Cleave, open, be divided, Unconnected, distinct / Withdraw, remove, eliminate, set apart, Alone, withdrawn / Disunited, incorporeal

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separate — vb Separate, part, divide, sever, sunder, divorce can all mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjoined. Separate implies a putting or keeping apart; it may suggest a scattering or dispersion of units {forces that separate families}… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Separate — Sep a*rate, p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ] 1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; said of things once connected. [1913 Webster] Him that was separate from his brethren. Gen. xlix. 26. [1913 Webster] 2. Unconnected;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Separate — Sep a*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Separated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Separating}.] [L. separatus, p. p. of separare to separate; pfref. se aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See {Parade}, and cf. {Sever}.] 1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
separate — sep·a·rate / se pə ˌrāt/ vb rat·ed, rat·ing vt: to cause the separation of vi: to undergo a separation the couple separated last year compare divorce Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law … Law dictionary
separate — [sep′ə rāt΄; ] for adj. & n., [sep′ə rit, sep′rit] vt. separated, separating [ME separaten < L separatus, pp. of separare, to separate < se , apart (see SECEDE) + parare, to arrange, PREPARE] 1. to set or put apart into sections, groups,… … English World dictionary
separate — [adj1] disconnected abstracted, apart, apportioned, asunder, cut apart, cut in two, detached, disassociated, discrete, disembodied, disjointed, distant, distributed, disunited, divergent, divided, divorced, far between, free, independent, in… … New thesaurus
Separate — Sep a*rate, v. i. To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
separate — Note the spelling with two as, unlike desperate. The verb is pronounced sep ǝ rayt, and the adjective sep ǝ rǝt … Modern English usage
separate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself; not joined or united with others. 2) different; distinct. ► VERB 1) move or come apart. 2) stop living together as a couple. 3) divide into constituent or distinct elements. 4) … English terms dictionary
separate — sep|a|rate1 W2S2 [ˈsepərıt] adj [no comparative] 1.) different ▪ Use separate knives for raw and cooked meat. ▪ My wife and I have separate bank accounts. 2.) not related to or not affected by something else ▪ That s a separate issue. ▪ He was… … Dictionary of contemporary English

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