b. To space apart; scatter: small farms that were separated one from another by miles of open land.
c. To sort: separate mail by postal zones.
2. To differentiate or discriminate between; distinguish: a researcher who separated the various ethnic components of the population sample.
3. To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.
4. To part (a couple), often by decree: She was separated from her husband last year.
5. To terminate a contractual relationship, as military service, with; discharge.
v.intr.
1. To come apart.
2. To withdraw: The state threatened to separate from the Union.
3. To part company; disperse.
4. To stop living together as spouses.
5. To become divided into components or parts: Oil and water tend to separate.
adj.(spr-t, sprt)
1. Set or kept apart; disunited: Libraries often have a separate section for reference books.
2.
a. Existing as an independent entity.
b. often Separate Having undergone schism or estrangement from a parent body: Separate churches.
3. Dissimilar from all others; distinct: "a policeman's way of being separate from you even when he was being nice"John le Carré.
4. Not shared; individual: two people who held separate views on the issue.
5. Archaic Withdrawn from others; solitary.
n.(spr-t, sprt)
A garment, such as a skirt, jacket, or pair of slacks, that may be purchased separately and worn in various combinations with other garments.
[Middle English separaten, from Latin spartus, past participle of sparre : s-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + parre, to prepare; see per-1 in Indo-European roots.]
sepa·rate·ly adv.
sepa·rate·ness n.
Synonyms: separate, divide, part, sever, sunder, divorce These verbs mean to become or cause to become parted, disconnected, or disunited. Separate applies both to putting apart and to keeping apart: "In the darkness and confusion, the bands of these commanders became separated from each other" Washington Irving. Divide implies separation by or as if by cutting or splitting into parts or shares; the term often refers to separation into opposing or hostile groups: We divided the orange into segments."'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free" Abraham Lincoln. Part refers most often to the separation of closely associated persons or things: "Because ... nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us" Emily Brontë. Sever usually implies abruptness and force: "His head was nearly severed from his body" H.G. Wells. Sunder stresses violent tearing or wrenching apart: The country was sundered by civil war. Divorce implies complete separation: "a priest and a soldier, two classes of men circumstantially divorced from the kind and homely ties of life" Robert Louis Stevenson. See Also Synonyms at distinct.
separate
Verb
[-rating, -rated]
1. to act as a barrier between: the narrow stretch of water which separates Europe from Asia
2. to part or be parted from a mass or group
3. to distinguish: it's what separates the women from the boys
4. to divide or be divided into component parts
5. to sever or be severed
6. (of a couple) to stop living together
Adjective
1. existing or considered independently: a separate issue
2. set apart from the main body or mass
3. distinct or individual [Latin separare]
separatelyadv separatenessn separatorn
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Noun
1.
separate - a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
gin - separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
break - separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers"
sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
3.
separate - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
individualise, individualize - make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"
contrast - put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"
unitise, unitize - separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency"
catalogue, catalog - make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives"
isolate - separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
refer - think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"
reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species"
rail off, rail - separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
detach - separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
close off, shut off - isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"
8.
separate - 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"
disunify, break apart - break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989"
disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
break with - end a relationship; "China broke with Russia"
split up, divorce - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
secede, splinter, break away - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
break away, break - interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
9.
separate - go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
dissipate, scatter, disperse, spread out - move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
hive off - remove from a group and make separate; "The unit was hived off from its parent company"
segregate - separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"
redline - discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
subdivide - form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"
polarise, polarize - become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
calve, break up - release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
section, segment - divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
partition, partition off - divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"
discerp, dismember, take apart - divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
gerrymander - divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
13.
separate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
branch, ramify - grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
arborise, arborize - branch out like trees; "nerve fibers arborize"
twig - branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"
bifurcate - divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
trifurcate - divide into three; "The road trifurcates at the bridge"
diverge - move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"
Adj.
1.
separate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
individual, single - being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"
segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"
other - not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"
1 (sometimes with into or from) to place, take, keep or force apart He separated the money into two piles; A policeman tried to separate the men who were fighting.skeiيفْصِلотделямrozdělit, oddělitdele op; adskilletrennenχωρίζω κτ. σε μέρη, κρατώ κτ. χωριστάseparareraldama, lahutamaجدا كردنerottaaséparerלְהַפרִידअलग करना, अलग हो जानाrazdvojiti, odvojitielválasztmemisahkanskilja að/sundurseparare分ける...을 분리하다išskirti, išskirstyti, atskirtisadalīt; atšķirt; izšķirtmemisahkanscheidenatskille, deleoddzielać, rozdzielaćseparara separaотделять; разъединятьrozdeliť, oddeliťločitirazdvojitidela upp, skilja åt, sära påแยกออกจากกันayırmak使分開відокремлювати(ся), розділяти(ся)علیحدہ کرناtách rời ra使分开
2 to go in different directions We all walked along together and separated at the cross-roads.skeiيَتَفَرَّق، يفْتَرِقразделямrozejít seskilles adsichtrennenχωρίζω, ακολουθώδιαφορετικήκατεύθυνσηsepararselahku minemaتفكيك كردنerotase séparerלְהִיפַּרֵדअलग दिशा में जानाodvojiti seelválikberpisahskiljast, dreifastsepararsi分かれる서로 다른 방향으로 나아가다išsiskirti[]šķirtiesberpisahuiteengaanskilles, skille lagrozdzielać sięseparara se despărţiрасставатьсяrozísť saločiti serastati seskiljas åtไปคนละทิศละทางayrılmak分手розходитисяمختلف سمتوں میں جاناtách rời nhau分手
3 (of a husband and wife) to start living apart from each other by choice. skeiيَنْفَصِل عَنразделям сеrozvést sesepareresichtrennenχωρίζω (γιααντρόγυνο)separarselahku elama asumaمتاركه كردنmuuttaa asumaan erilleense séparerלְהִיפַּרֵדसहमति से पति-पत्नी का अलग रहना शुरू करनाrastaviti se, rastati seelválikpisahskiljasepararsi別れる(부부가) 별거하다(neoficialiai) išsiskirti[]šķirtiesberpisahuiteengaanskilleseg, skillesrozchodzić sięseparar-sea separaрасходитьсяžiť oddeleneločiti serastati sesepareraแยกกันอยู่ayrılmak([]夫婦)分居розлучати(ся), розходитисяایک دوسرے سے علیحدہ رہناly thân(大夫妇)分居
[-rət]adj
1 divided; not joined He sawed the wood into four separate pieces; The garage is separate from the house.apartمُنْفَصِلразделенoddělenýdele; adskillegetrenntχωριστός, μηενωμένοςseparadoeraldi(olev)جداerillinenséparé (de)נִפרָדअलग, पृथकodvojenkülön(álló)terpisahaðskilinnseparato分かれた분리된, 떨어진atskirasatsevišķs; atdalītsterpisahafzonderlijkatskilt, deltosobny, oddzielnyseparadoseparat (de)отдельный; изолированныйoddelenýločenrazdvojenskild, avskild, separatแยกกัน; ไม่รวมกันayrı分離的ізольований; відокремленийمنقسمtách rời nhau分离的
2 different or distinct This happened on two separate occasions; I like to keep my job and my home life separate.apart, geskeiمُخْتَلِفотделенrůzný; oddělenýforskellig; adskiltgetrenntξέχωρος, διαφορετικόςdistinto, diferenteeri, eraldiمتفاوتeri, erilläändistinct, séparéשוֹנִיםभिन्नodijeljen, zasebankülön(álló)terpisahsérstakur, aðskilinndiverso; separato別々の별개의skirtingas, atskirasatsevišķs; atšķirtsberlainanverschillendsærskilt, separat, atskiltróżny, oddzielnyseparadodistinct, separatразный; особыйoddelenýrazličenrazličitskild, åtskildแตกต่างกันayrı, değişik各別的окремийمختلفkhác nhau各别的
nˈseparateness
apartheidإنْفِصالразделеностodloučenostdet at være adskilt; adskiltheddie Getrenntheitατομικότητα, μοναδικότητα, ηιδιότητατουναείναι κπ. ή κτ. διαφορετικό(ς)separacióneraldatusجداييerillisyysfait d'être séparéהִיפַּרדוּתविभिन्नता, भिन्नताizoliranost, samoćaelválasztottság, elkülönítettség, önállóságketerpisahanþað að vera aðskilinnseparazione分離별개atskirumasatsevišķums; izolētībasifat yang berasinganafzonderlijkheiddetåværeatskiltodrębnośćafastamentoseparareраздельностьodlúčenosťločenostrazdvojenoståtskildhetการแยกกันayrılık分離роз'єднаність; відокремленістьعلیحدگیtính chất riêng rẽ分离
adjˈseparable
that can be separated. skeibaarقابِل للإنْفِصالотделимoddělitelnýsom kan adskilles; adskilleligtrennbarπουμπορείνα (δια)χωριστείseparableeraldatavجدا شدنيerotettavissa olevaséparableנִיתָן לְהַפרָדָהवियोज्यodjeljiv, odvojivelválaszthatóbisa dipisahkanaðgreinanlegurseparabile分けられる분리할 수 있는atskiriamas, atsiskiriantisatdalāms; nošķiramsboleh dipisahkanscheidbaarsomkan tas frahverandrerozłączny, odłącznyseparávelseparabilотделимыйoddeliteľnýločljivrazdvojivskiljbarสามารถแยกได้ayrılabilir可分開的віддільнийالگ کرنے کے لائقcó thể tách rời được可分开的
advˈseparately[-rət-]
in a separate way; not together. apartمُنْفَصِل، ليْسَ معاпо отделноodděleněseparat; hver for siggetrenntχωριστάporseparadoeraldiبطور جداگانهerikseenséparémentבְּנִפרָדपृथकता से, विशिष्टतापूर्वकodvojeno, posebnoelválasztva, különsecara terpisahsér; hvor/hver í sínu lagiseparatamente別々に떨어져서; 따로따로atskirai, skyriumatsevišķi; nošķirtiberasinganafzonderlijkatskilt, separatosobnoseparadamenteseparatраздельно, отдельноoddeleneločenoodvojenpseparat, var för sigโดยแยกจากกัน; ทีละคนayrı olarak分開(地)окремоالگ الگtách biệt nhau分开(地)
n plˈseparates[-rəts]
garments (eg jerseys, skirts, trousers, blouses, shirts) that can be worn together in varying combinations. apartesثِياب مُنْفَصِلَه تُلْبَس معا في أشكال مُخْتَلِفَهдреха, която не е част от комплектsamostatné částiseparatesTeileinerKombinationσυνδυαζόμενα ρούχα (που φοριούνται καιμαζίκαιχώρια)prendas deropakombineeritavad rõivadگوناگونyhdistelmäasucoordonnésפְּרִיטִים נִפרָדִיםodjevni predmeti koji se ne prodaju kao kompletikülön darabokpakaian bukan terusanstakur fatnaðurcoordinatiセパレーツ위 아래가 따로따로 되어 있어 여러 가지로 결합하여 입을 수 있는 여성복atskiros drabužių dalysatsevišķs apģērba gabalspakaian padananafzonderlijk combineerbare kledingstukkenklesplaggsomkan kombineres medhverandreczęści garderobypeças deroupacoordonateвещи, которыеможнонадеватьвразныхкомбинацияхsamostatné častiposamezni deli oblekedelovi kompleta odećekombinationsplaggเสื้อผ้าที่สวมแยกกันมากกว่าที่จะเป็นกระโปรงชุดหรือสูทparçalı giysi單件女服речі, які можна одягати у різних комбінаціяхوہ کپڑے جو کئی دوسرے لباسوں کے ساتھ مختلف انداز میں پہنے جا سکتے ہوںquần áo rời单件女服
nˌsepaˈration
1 the act of separating or the state or period of being separated They were together again after a separation of three years.skeidingفَصْل، إنْفِصالразделянеrozděleníadskillelsedieTrennungχωρισμόςseparaciónlahutamine, lahusolekجداييero, erottaminenséparationהִיפַּרדוּתपृथक्करण, वियुक्ति, उपायrazdvajanje, odvojenostelválasztás; különélésperpisahan(að)skilnaðurseparazione分離분리, 별거išsiskyrimas, gyvenimas atskiraiatšķirtībaperpisahanscheidingatskillelseoddzielnie, rozłąkaseparaçãoseparareразделение; разлука; расставаниеrozdelenieločitevrazdvajanjeseparationการแยกจากกันayrılma分離відокремлення, роз'єднанняعلاحدہ ہونے کی حالتsự chia cắt分离
2 a (legal) arrangement by which a husband and wife remain married but live separately. egskeidingإنفِصال بين زَوْجَيْنраздялаrozlukaseparationdieTrennungδιάσταση (γιααντρόγυνο)separaciónlahuseluمتاركهasumuseroséparationפֵּירוּדविभाजनrastava, odvojeni životkülönéléshidup pisah ranjanghjónaskilnaður (að borði og sæng)separazione別居(법적) 부부 별거 조정išsiskyrimas, gyvenimas atskiraišķiršanāsberasinganscheidingvantafelenbedseparasjonseparacjaseparaçãoseparareраздельное жительствосупруговrozlukaločitevrastavaskilsmässaแยกกันอยู่ayrı yaşama法院判定的夫妻分居(不離婚)роздільне життя подружжяشوہر اور بیوی کا شادی شدہ ہونے کے باوجود الگ الگ زندگی گزارناsự ly thân法院判定的夫妻分居(不离婚)
nˈseparatist[-rə-]
a person who urges separation from an established political state, church etc. separatisالمُؤَيِّد للإنْفِصال السِّياسيсепаратистseparatistaseparatistdieTrennungαυτονομιστήςseparatistaseparatistجدايي طلبseparatistiséparatisteפּוֹרֵשपृथकवादी, पार्थक्यवादीseparatistszeparatistaseparatisaðskilnaðarsinniseparatista; scismatico分離派の人(종교상 또는 정치상) 분리주의자, 분리독립주의자separatistasseparātistspengikut puak pemisahseparatistseparatistseparatystaseparatistaseparatistсепаратист; раскольникseparatistaseparatistseparatistaseparatistผู้ที่สนับสนุนการแยกดินแดนayrılıkçı, bağımsızlık yanlısı主張獨立者,分離主義者сепаратистعلاحدگی پسندngười theo chính sách ly khai主张独立者,分离主义者
to make or keep (a part or parts) separate. apart houيَفْصِل بَين الأجْزاءделяoddělitudskille; holde adskiltabtrennenδιαχωρίζωseparar, guardaraparteeraldama, lahus hoidmaمجزا كردنerottaamettre/à partgarderלְהַפרִידकिसी कल-पुर्जे को अलग रखनाpodijeliti pregradom, razdijeliti na dijelovekülönválaszt, leválasztterpisahaðskilja; halda aðskildumseparare分けておく(한[] 부분을) 떼어 놓다atskirti, išskirtiatšķirt; turēt šķirtimemisahkanafzonderenskilleut/frahverandre, holdeatskiltseparować się, dzielićseparara standardizaотделять, изолироватьoddeliťločitirazdvojitiskilja åt, hålla åtskildแยก; กั้นayırmak使分離відокремлювати; ізолюватиالگ کرناtách rời使分离
separate out
to make or keep separate or distinct. apart houيُبْقي الأشْياء مُنْفَصِلَهотделямvydělovat, tříditudskille; holde adskiltabtrennenξεχωρίζωapartareristamaجدا شدن ازerotellaséparer, trierלְהַפרִידअलग रखनाodijelitiszétválaszt, szeparálterpisahaðskilja; halda sérseparare区別する별개로 분리하다at(si)skirtiizšķirot; atšķirotterpisahuitkiezensortere, skillefrahverandredzielić, oddzielać sięsepararвыделить(ся)(roz)triediťizločitirazdvojitiแยกออกayrı tutmak分出,析出відділятиالگ رکھناtách rời nhau分出,析出
separate up
to divide The house has been separated up into different flats.opdeelيُقَسِّمразделямrozdělitopdeleteilenδιαιρώ, χωρίζωσε τμήματαdividirjaotamaتفكيك كردنjakaadiviserלְהַפרִידविभाजन करनाpodijeliti naleválasztmembagiskiptadividere区切る나누다padalinti, suskirstytisadalīt; atdalītmembahagikanverdelendeleoppdzielićdividirделить (на)rozdeliťrazdelitipodelitidela upp (in)แบ่งแยกbölmek使分離成...розподіляти (на частини)تقسیم کرناphân chia使分离成...
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