separate

sep·a·rate

 (sĕp′ə-rāt′)

v. sep·a·rat·ed, sep·a·rat·ing, sep·a·rates

v.tr.

1.

a. To set, force, or keep apart: The referee separated the two boxers.

b. To put space between; space apart or scatter: small farms that were separated one from another by miles of open land.

c. To form a border or barrier between (two areas or groups): A hedge separates the two yards.

d. To place in different groups; sort: separate mail by postal zones.

2.

a. To differentiate or discriminate between; distinguish: a researcher who separated the various ethnic components of the population sample.

b. To cause to be distinct or different: His natural talent separates him from all the others in the choir.

3. To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.

4. To cause (one person) to stop living with another, or to cause (a couple) to stop living together, often by decree: She was separated from her husband last year. The couple have been separated for a year.

5. To terminate a contractual relationship with (someone); discharge.

v.intr.

1. To come apart; become detached: The lining has separated from the inside of the coat.

2. To withdraw or break away: The state threatened to separate from the Union.

3. To part company; go away from each other; disperse: The friends separated at the end of the school year.

4. To stop living together as a couple: They separated after 10 years of marriage.

5. To become divided into components or parts: Oil and water tend to separate.

adj. (sĕp′ər-ĭt, sĕp′rĭt)

1. Not touching or adjoined; detached: The garage is separate from the house.

2.

a. Existing or considered as an independent entity: The reference collection is separate from the rest of the library.

b. Dissimilar from all others; distinct or individual: a cable made of many separate fibers; two people who hold separate views on the issue.

c. often Separate Having undergone schism or estrangement from a parent body: Separate churches.

n. (sĕp′ər-ĭt, sĕp′rĭt)

Something that is separate or distinct, especially:

a. A garment, such as a skirt, jacket, or pair of slacks, that may be purchased separately and worn in various combinations with other garments.

b. A stereo component that is purchased separately and connected to other components as part of a system.

c. An offprint of an article.

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[Middle English separaten, from Latin sēparātus, past participle of sēparāre : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + parāre, to prepare; see perə- in Indo-European roots.]

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sep′a·rate·ly adv.

sep′a·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.

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separate

vb

1. (tr) to act as a barrier between: a range of mountains separates the two countries.

2. to put or force or be put or forced apart

3. to part or be parted from a mass or group

4. (tr) to discriminate between: to separate the men from the boys.

5. to divide or be divided into component parts; sort or be sorted

6. to sever or be severed

7. (Law) (intr) (of a married couple) to cease living together by mutual agreement or after obtaining a decree of judicial separation

adj

8. existing or considered independently: a separate problem.

9. disunited or apart

10. set apart from the main body or mass

11. distinct, individual, or particular

12. solitary or withdrawn

13. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (sometimes capital) designating or relating to a Church or similar institution that has ceased to have associations with an original parent organization

[C15: from Latin sēparāre, from sē- apart + parāre to obtain]

ˈseparately adv

ˈseparateness n

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sep•a•rate

(v. ˈsɛp əˌreɪt; adj., n. -ər ɪt)

v. -rat•ed, -rat•ing,
adj., n. v.t.

1. to keep apart; divide.

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

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

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

5. to sort or disperse into individual components.

6. to extract: to separate metal from ore.

v.i.

7. to withdraw from an association: to separate from a church.

8. to stop living together but without divorce.

9. to draw or come apart.

10. to become parted from a mass or compound.

11. to take or go in different directions.

adj.

12. detached; distinct.

13. existing or maintained independently.

14. not shared; individual: separate checks.

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

n.

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

[1400–50; < Latin sēparātus, past participle of sēparāre=sē- se- + parāre to furnish, produce, obtain, prepare; see -ate¹]

sep′a•rate•ly, adv.

sep′a•rate•ness, n.

usage: separate is often found with the spelling seperate, even in quite respectable publications. Despite this frequency, however, seperate is almost universally considered a misspelling.

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separate

Past participle: separated
Gerund: separating

Imperative

separate

separate

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	separate - a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication offprint, reprint article - nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
	2.	separate - a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
Verb	1.	separate - act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" divide
	2.	separate - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" disunite, part, divide compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up - separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!" polarise, polarize - cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate, sequester - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" disjoin, disjoint - make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of disarticulate, disjoint - separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it" disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars" joint - separate (meat) at the joint 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" differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, tell know - be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong" identify, place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" discriminate, know apart - recognize or perceive the difference label - distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions label - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom 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" severalise, severalize - distinguish or separate contradistinguish - distinguish by contrasting qualities decouple, dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" demarcate - separate clearly, as if by boundaries discriminate, single out, separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or race stratify - divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society"
	4.	separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up change integrity - change in physical make-up subdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!" initialise, initialize, format - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!" sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country" triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard" unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as units lot - divide into lots, as of land, for example parcel - divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land" sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splinters paragraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed" canton - divide into cantons, of a country Balkanise, Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states
	5.	separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" change integrity - change in physical make-up decompose, break down, break up - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts dialyse, dialyze - separate by dialysis peptise, peptize - disperse in a medium into a colloidal state macerate - separate into constituents by soaking card, tease - separate the fibers of; "tease wool" filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain - remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" extract - separate (a metal) from an ore fractionate - obtain by a fractional process fractionate - separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents sift, sieve, strain - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" wash - separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) disperse - separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light" avulse - separate by avulsion
	6.	separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" class, classify, sort out, assort, sort 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" size - sort according to size dichotomise, dichotomize - divide into two opposing groups or kinds stereotype, pigeonhole, stamp - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" categorise, categorize - place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize" grade - determine the grade of or assign a grade to number, count - put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
	7.	separate - make a division or separation divide partition, zone - separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off" break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" break up, dissipate, scatter, dispel, disperse - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" 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" break up, part, split, split up, break give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe - terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman" 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" part, split 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"; break up - come apart; "the group broke up" diffract - undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons"
	10.	separate - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" come apart, break, fall apart, split up change integrity - change in physical make-up burst, break open, split - come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst" puncture - be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured" bust, burst - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst" smash - break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed" ladder, run - come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" snap, crack - break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped" fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
	11.	separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or race discriminate, single out isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" 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 disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour - put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me"
	12.	separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" divide, part 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" chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" disjoin, disjoint - become separated, disconnected or disjoint come away, come off, detach - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery" segregate - divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate" segment - divide or split up; "The cells segmented" reduce - undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce" 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" furcate, branch, fork, ramify 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" unshared - not shared divided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided" joint - united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"
	2.	separate - standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage" freestanding detached - used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage"
	3.	separate - separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes" segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"
	4.	separate - have the connection undone; having become separate disjoined unconnected - not joined or linked together

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separate

adjective

1. unconnected, individual, particular, divided, divorced, isolated, detached, disconnected, discrete, unattached, disjointed The two things are separate and mutually irrelevant.
unconnected connected, united, similar, alike, unified, affiliated

2. individual, independent, apart, isolated, cut off, distinct, autonomous, set apart We both live our separate lives.
individual joined, connected, interdependent

verb

1. divide, detach, disconnect, come between, disentangle, keep apart, move apart, disjoin Police moved in to separate the two groups.
divide mix, combine, amalgamate

2. come apart, split, break off, come away The nose section separates from the fuselage.
come apart unite, join, link, connect, merge

3. sever, detach, disconnect, disengage, break apart, split in two, disunite, divide in two, disassemble, uncouple, bifurcate, disjoin Separate the garlic into cloves.
sever join, link, connect

4. split up, part, divorce, break up, part company, get divorced, be estranged, go different ways, stop living together Her parents separated when she was very young.

5. distinguish, mark, isolate, single out, set apart, make distinctive, set at variance or at odds What separates terrorism from other acts of violence?
distinguish unite, join, link, connect

6. disperse, split (up), scatter, disband Let's separate into smaller groups.

7. part, part company, wave goodbye, go your separate ways, say goodbye, say your goodbyes We separated to inspect different areas of the place.

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separate

verb

1. To become or cause to become apart one from another:

break, detach, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divide, divorce, part, split (up).

Idioms: part company, set at odds.

2. To make a division into parts, sections, or branches:

break up, dissever, divide, part, partition, section, segment.

3. To set apart (one kind or type) from others:

sift, sort, winnow.

4. To distribute into groups according to kinds:

assort, categorize, class, classify, group, pigeonhole, sort (out).

5. To recognize as being different:

differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, know, tell.

6. To set apart from a group:

close off, cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, sequester.

7. To terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another:

break off, break up, part.

Informal: split (up).

Idioms: call it quits, come to a parting of the ways, part company.

8. To release from military duty:

demobilize, discharge, muster out.

adjective

1. Being or related to a distinct entity:

discrete, individual, particular, single, singular.

2. Alone in a given category:

lone, one, only, particular, single, singular, sole, solitary, unique.

Idioms: first and last, one and only.

3. Distinguished from others by nature or qualities:

discrete, distinct, several, various.

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Translations

مُنْفَصِليَتَفَرَّق، يفْتَرِقيُفَرِّقُيفْصِليَنْفَصِل عَن

oddělenýoddělitodělitrozdělitrozejít se

adskilledeledele opforskelligseparat

trennengetrenntseparatseparierensich trennen

διαχωρίζωχωρίζωχωριστός

separadosepararsepararseapartediferente

erillinenerottaairrottaairtonaineneri

séparerséparéséparéetrierdébiter

odvojenodvojiti

elkülönítelválasztkülönkülönálló

aîskilinnsérstakur, aîskilinnskiljaskilja aî/sundurskiljast, dreifast

separatosepararesepararsiseparataseparatismo

分ける単独の

...을 가르다별개의

atsiskiriantisatsiskirtiatskiros drabužių dalysatskirumasgyvenimas atskirai

atdalītsatsevišķsatšķirtatšķirtsizšķirt

gescheidenscheidenafgezonderdafgezonderdeafzonderlijk

separatsepareredelt

oddzielnyrozdzielić

separadoseparar

отдельныйотделятьраздельныйразъединитьразъединять

ločenločevatiločitiločiti se

separatseparera

แยกออกจากซึ่งแยกออกจากกัน

ayırmakayrıayrılmakdeğişik

riêng biệttách ra

分离的各别的各自的不同的分居

separate

[ˈseprɪt]

A. ADJ (= apart) → separado; (= different) → distinto, diferente; (= distant) → apartado, retirado
"with separate toilet" → con inodoro separado
could we have separate bills? → queremos cuentas individuales, ¿podemos pagar por separado?
under separate cover → por separado
separate from (= apart from) → separado de; (= different from) → distinto de
that's a separate issue → esa es una cuestión aparte
they live very separate lives → viven independientes uno de otro
it was discussed at a separate meeting → se trató en otra reunión or reunión aparte
on separate occasions → en diversas ocasiones
the children have separate rooms → los niños tienen cada uno su habitación
they sleep in separate rooms → duermen en habitaciones distintas
I wrote it on a separate sheet → lo escribí en una hoja aparte
we sat at separate tables → nos sentamos en mesas distintas
they went their separate ways → fueron cada uno por su lado

B. N separates (= clothes) → coordinados mpl

C. [ˈsepəreɪt] VT (= keep apart) → separar; (= set aside) → apartar; (= divide) → dividir, partir; (= distinguish) → distinguir
police moved in to separate the two groups → la policía intervino para separar a los dos grupos
to separate truth from error → separar lo falso de lo verdadero, distinguir entre lo falso y lo verdadero
he is separated from his wife → está separado de su mujer

D. [ˈsepəreɪt] VI → separarse
her parents separated last year → sus padres se separaron el año pasado

separate off VT + ADV → separar

separate out VT + ADV (= set apart) → apartar

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separate

[ˈsɛp^ərət]

adj

(= different) → à part
I wrote it on a separate sheet → Je l'ai écrit sur une feuille à part.
on separate occasions → en différentes occasions
under separate cover → sous pli séparé

(= distinct) → à part
Quebec feels separate from the rest of Canada → Le Québec se sent à part du reste du Canada.
a separate bank account
BUT un compte de banque séparé.
Keep the two accounts separate
BUT Ne mélangez pas les deux comptes.
They plan to form their own separate party
BUT Ils projettent de créer leur propre parti.

(= not shared) [room, facilities] → séparé(e)
We'd like separate rooms → Nous voudrions des chambres séparées.
The children have separate rooms
BUT Les enfants ont chacun leur chambre.
Each holiday chalet has its own separate garden
BUT Chaque chalet possède son propre jardin.

(= apart, at a distance) separate from sb/sth → à l'écart de qn/qch
Rose stayed separate from the other children → Rose restait à l'écart des autres enfants.

to go one's separate ways (= go different ways) → aller chacun de son côté
We went our separate ways home → Nous sommes rentrés chez nous chacun de notre côté. (= split up) [couple, partners] → prendre des chemins différents
After ten years of marriage they had decided to go their separate ways → Après dix ans de mariage, ils avaient décidé de prendre des chemins différents.

[ˈsɛpəreɪt] vb

vt

(= cause to part) [+ family, couple, twins] → séparer
to separate sb from sb/sth → séparer qn de qn/qch
The war separated her from her family → La guerre l'a séparée de sa famille.
to be separated [people, couple, twins] → être séparés
twins who were separated at birth → des jumeaux qui ont été séparés à la naissance
We had never been separated for more than a few days → Nous n'avions jamais été séparés pendant plus de quelques jours.

(= divide group) [+ people, students] → séparer
to separate the class into groups → séparer la classe en groupes
to become separated → se séparer
One child had become separated from the group and got lost → L'un des enfants s'était séparé du groupe et s'était perdu.

(= make distinction between) → séparer
to separate sth from sth → séparer qch de qch
It is difficult to separate truth from legend
BUT Il est difficile de faire la part de la réalité et de la légende. → Il est difficile de séparer la réalité de la légende.

vi

(= split up) [couple] → se séparer
Her parents separated when she was eleven → Ses parents se sont séparés lorsqu'elle avait onze ans.
We felt the best thing was to separate → Nous avons pensé que le mieux était de nous séparer.

(= go different ways) → se séparer
to separate from sb/sth → se séparer de qn/qch
He separated from the rest of the group → Il s'est séparé du reste du groupe.
to separate into groups → se mettre en groupes

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separate

adj

→ getrennt, gesondert (from von); organization, unit → gesondert, eigen attr; two organizations, issues, parts → gesondert attr, → voneinander getrennt, verschieden attr; provisions, regulations → besondere(r, s) attr, → separat, gesondert attr; beds, rooms, accounts → getrennt; account, bill, agreement, department → gesondert attr, → extra attr inv; entrance, toilet, flat → separat; existence → eigen attr; separate peace → Separat- or Sonderfrieden m; separate treaty → Sondervertrag m; that is a separate question/issue → das ist eine andere Frage, das ist eine Frage für sich; on two separate occasions → bei zwei verschiedenen Gelegenheiten; on a separate occasion → bei einer anderen Gelegenheit; there will be separate discussions on this question → diese Frage wird extra or separat or gesondert diskutiert; they live separate lives → sie gehen getrennte Wege; a separate sheet of paper → ein anderes Blatt Papier; (= additional) → ein gesondertes or extra Blatt Papier; this is quite separate from his job → das hat mit seinem Beruf nichts zu tun; to keep two things separate → zwei Dinge nicht zusammentun; questions, issues → zwei Dinge auseinanderhalten; always keep your chequebook (Brit) or checkbook (US) separate from your card → bewahren Sie Scheckbuch und Scheckkarte immer getrennt auf; keep this book separate from the others → halten Sie dieses Buch von den anderen getrennt

(= individual) → einzeln; all the separate sections/pieces/units/questions → alle einzelnen Abschnitte/Teile/Einheiten/Fragen; everybody has a separate cup/task → jeder hat eine Tasse/Aufgabe für sich or seine eigene Tasse/Aufgabe

n separates

pl → Röcke, Blusen, Hosen etc

vt → trennen; (Chem also) → scheiden; milk → entrahmen; (= divide up) → aufteilen (→ into in +acc); to separate the good from the bad → die Guten von den Schlechten trennen or scheiden; he can’t separate his private life from his work → er kann Privatleben und Arbeit nicht (voneinander) trennen, er kann das Privatleben nicht von der Arbeit trennen; he is separated from his wife → er lebt von seiner Frau getrennt

vi → sich trennen; (Chem also) → sich scheiden; it separates into four parts → es lässt sich in vier Teile auseinandernehmen; (fig: problem etc) → es zerfällt in vier Teile

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separate

[adj ˈsɛprɪt; vb ˈsɛpəˌreɪt]

1. adj (gen) → separato/a; (organization, career) → indipendente; (occasion, issue) → diverso/a
they went their separate ways (also) (fig) → sono andati ognuno per la propria strada
we sat at separate tables → ci siamo seduti a tavoli diversi
it was discussed at a separate meeting → è stato discusso in un'altra riunione
separate from → separato/a da
under separate cover (Comm) → in plico a parte

2. vt (gen) → separare, dividere; (divide up) to separate into → dividere in
to separate sth from sth → separare qc da qc
he is separated from his wife, but not divorced → è separato dalla moglie ma non divorziato

3. vi (mixture, milk) → separarsi; (married couple, boxers) → separarsi, dividersi; (unmarried couple, friends) → lasciarsi
see also separates

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separate

(ˈsepəreit) verb

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. skei يفْصِل отделям separar rozdělit, oddělit trennen dele op; adskille χωρίζω κτ. σε μέρη, κρατώ κτ. χωριστά separar eraldama, lahutama جدا كردن jakaa séparer לְהַפרִיד अलग करना, अलग हो जाना razdvojiti, odvojiti elválaszt memisahkan skilja að/sundur separare 分ける 분리하다 išskirti, išskirstyti, atskirti sadalīt; atšķirt; izšķirt memisahkan scheidenatskille, dele oddzielać, rozdzielać بيلتون، جلاكول، وېشل، تجزيه كول: خوښول اوبيلول، ټولول separar a separa отделять; разъединять rozdeliť, oddeliť ločiti razdvojiti dela upp, skilja åt, sära på แยกออกจากกัน ayırmak 分開 відокремлювати(ся), розділяти(ся) علیحدہ کرنا tách rời ra 分开

2. to go in different directions. We all walked along together and separated at the cross-roads. skei يَتَفَرَّق، يفْتَرِق разделям separar rozejít se sich trennen skilles ad χωρίζω, ακολουθώ διαφορετική κατεύθυνση separarse lahku minema تفكيك كردن erota se séparer לְהִיפַּרֵד अलग दिशा में जाना odvojiti se elválik berpisah skiljast, dreifast separarsi 分かれる 헤어지다 išsiskirti []šķirties berpisah uiteengaanskilles, skille lag rozdzielać się بيلتون separar a se despărţi расставаться rozísť sa ločiti se rastati se skiljas åt ไปคนละทิศละทาง ayrılmak 分道揚鑣 розходитися مختلف سمتوں میں جانا tách rời nhau 分手

3. (of a husband and wife) to start living apart from each other by choice. skei يَنْفَصِل عَن разделям се separar-se rozvést se sich trennen separere χωρίζωsepararse lahku elama asuma متاركه كردن muuttaa erilleen se séparer לְהִיפַּרֵד सहमति से पति-पत्नी का अलग रहना शुरू करना rastaviti se, rastati se elválik pisah skilja separarsi 別れる 별거하다 (neoficialiai) išsiskirti []šķirties berpisah uiteengaanskille seg, skillesrozchodzić się پريښودل separar-se a separa расходиться žiť oddelene ločiti se rastati se separera แยกกันอยู่ ayrılmak (夫婦)分居 розлучати(ся), розходитися ایک دوسرے سے علیحدہ رہنا ly thân （夫妇）分居

(-rət) adjective

1. divided; not joined. He sawed the wood into four separate pieces; The garage is separate from the house. apart مُنْفَصِل разделен separado oddělený getrennt dele; adskille χωριστός, μη ενωμένος separado eraldi(olev) جدا irrallinen séparéנפרד अलग, पृथक odvojen külön(álló) terpisah aðskilinn separato 分かれた 분리하다 atskiras atsevišķs; atdalīts terpisah afzonderlijkatskilt, deltosobny, oddzielny جلا separado separat (de) отдельный; изолированный oddelený ločen razdvojen skild, avskild, separat แยกกัน; ไม่รวมกัน ayrı 分開的 ізольований; відокремлений منقسم tách 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, geskei مُخْتَلِف отделен separado různý; oddělený getrennt forskellig; adskilt ξέχωρος, διαφορετικόςdistinto, diferente eri, eraldi متفاوت erillinen distinct, séparé שוֹנִים भिन्न odijeljen, zaseban külön(álló) terpisah sérstakur, aðskilinn diverso; separato 別々の 별도로 하다 skirtingas, atskiras atsevišķs; atšķirts berlainan verschillendsærskilt, separat, atskiltróżny, oddzielny توپیر separado distinct, separat разный; особый oddelený različen različit skild, åtskild แตกต่างกัน ayrı, değişik 不同的 окремий مختلف khác nhau 不同的，各别的，各自的

ˈseparateness noun

apartheid إنْفِصال разделеност separação odloučenost die Getrenntheit det at være adskilt; adskilthed ατομικότητα, μοναδικότητα, η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. διαφορετικό separación eraldatus جدايي erillisyys fait d'être séparé היפרדות विभिन्नता, भिन्नता izoliranost, samoća elválasztottság, elkülönítettség, önállóság keterpisahan það að vera aðskilinn separazione 分離 단독 atskirumas atsevišķums; izolētība sifat yang berasingan afzonderlijkheid det å være atskilt odrębność جلایی afastamento separare раздельность odlúčenosť ločenost razdvojenost åtskildhet การแยกกัน ayrılık 分開 роз'єднаність; відокремленість علیحدگی tính chất riêng rẽ 分离

ˈseparable adjective

that can be separated. skeibaar قابِل للإنْفِصال отделим separável oddělitelný trennbar som kan adskilles; adskillelig που μπορεί να (δια)χωριστεί separable eraldatav جدا شدني erotettava séparable נִיתָן לְהַפרָדָה वियोज्य odjeljiv, odvojiv elválasztható bisa dipisahkan aðgreinanlegur separabile 分けられる 분리할 수 있는 atskiriamas, atsiskiriantis atdalāms; nošķirams boleh dipisahkan scheidbaar som kan tas fra hverandre rozłączny, odłączny جلاكېدونكى، دبيلونى وړ separável se­pa­rabil отделимый oddeliteľný ločljiv razdvojiv skiljbar สามารถแยกได้ ayrılabilir 可分開的 віддільний الگ کرنے کے لائق có thể tách rời được 可分开的

ˈseparately (-rət-) adverb

in a separate way; not together. apart مُنْفَصِل، ليْسَ معا по отделно separadamente odděleně getrennt separat; hver for sig χωριστάpor separado eraldi بطور جداگانه erikseen séparément בְּנִפרָד पृथकता से, विशिष्टतापूर्वक odvojeno, posebno elválasztva, külön secara terpisah sér; hvor/hver í sínu lagi separatamente 別々に 별도로 atskirai, skyrium atsevišķi; nošķirti berasingan afzonderlijkatskilt, separatosobno په جلاډول، بېل بېل، په ځانګړې توګه separadamente separat раздельно, отдельно oddelene ločeno odvojenp separat, var för sig โดยแยกจากกัน; ทีละคน ayrı olarak 分開地 окремо الگ الگ tách biệt nhau 分开地

ˈseparates (-rəts) noun plural

garments (eg jerseys, skirts, trousers, blouses, shirts) that can be worn together in varying combinations. apartes ثِياب مُنْفَصِلَه تُلْبَس معا في أشكال مُخْتَلِفَه дреха, която не е част от комплект peças de roupa samostatné části Teil einer Kombination separates συνδυαζόμενα ρούχα (που φοριούνται και μαζί και χώρια) prendas de ropa kombineeritavad rõivad گوناگون yhdistelmäasu coordonnés פְּרִיטִים נִפרָדִים odjevni predmeti koji se ne prodaju kao kompleti külön darabok pakaian bukan terusan stakur fatnaður coordinati セパレーツ (의상) 세퍼릿 atskiros drabužių dalys atsevišķs apģērba gabals pakaian padanan afzonderlijk combineerbare kledingstukken klesplagg som kan kombineres med hverandre części garderoby بېل بېل peças de roupa coor­donate вещи, которые можно надевать в разных комбинациях samostatné časti posamezni deli obleke delovi kompleta odeće kombinationsplagg เสื้อผ้าที่สวมแยกกันมากกว่าที่จะเป็นกระโปรงชุดหรือสูท parçalı giysi 單件服飾 речі, які можна одягати у різних комбінаціях وہ کپڑے جو کئی دوسرے لباسوں کے ساتھ مختلف انداز میں پہنے جا سکتے ہوں quần áo rời 单件女服

ˌsepaˈration noun

1. the act of separating or the state or period of being separated. They were together again after a separation of three years. skeiding فَصْل، إنْفِصال разделяне separação rozdělení die Trennung adskillelse χωρισμόςseparación lahutamine, lahusolek جدايي erossaolo séparationהיפרדות पृथक्करण, वियुक्ति, उपाय razdvajanje, odvojenost elválasztás; különélés perpisahan (að)skilnaður separazione 分離 이별 išsiskyrimas, gyvenimas atskirai atšķirtība perpisahan scheidingatskillelseoddzielnie, rozłąka ېلتون، جلاوالى separação separare разделение; разлука; расставание rozdelenie ločitev razdvajanje separation การแยกจากกัน ayrılma 分居，分居狀態或期間 відокремлення, роз'єднання علاحدہ ہونے کی حالت sự chia cắt 分居，分离

2. a (legal) arrangement by which a husband and wife remain married but live separately. egskeiding إنفِصال بين زَوْجَيْن раздяла separação rozluka die Trennung separation διάστασηseparación lahuselu متاركه asumusero séparationפירוד विभाजन rastava, odvojeni život különélés hidup pisah ranjang hjónaskilnaður (að borði og sæng) separazione 別居 별거 išsiskyrimas, gyvenimas atskirai šķiršanās berasingan scheiding van tafel en bed separasjon separacja جلاوالى separação sepa­rare раздельное жительство супругов rozluka ločitev rastava skilsmässa แยกกันอยู่ ayrı yaşama (法律)夫妻分居 роздільне життя подружжя شوہر اور بیوی کا شادی شدہ ہونے کے باوجود الگ الگ زندگی گزارنا sự ly thân （法院判定的）夫妻分居

ˈseparatist (-rə-) noun

a person who urges separation from an established political state, church etc. separatis المُؤَيِّد للإنْفِصال السِّياسي сепаратист separatista separatista die Trennung separatist αυτονομιστήςseparatista separatist جدايي طلب separatisti séparatiste פּוֹרֵש पृथकवादी, पार्थक्यवादी separatist szeparatista separatis aðskilnaðarsinni separatista; scismatico 分離派の人 정교분리주의자 separatistas separātists pengikut puak pemisah separatistseparatist separatysta بېلېدونكى، بېلتون غوښتونكى separatista separatist сепаратист; раскольник separatista separatist separatista separatist ผู้ที่สนับสนุนการแยกดินแดน ayrılıkçı, bağımsızlık yanlısı 分離主義份子 сепаратист علاحدگی پسند người theo chính sách ly khai 主张独立者，分离主义者

ˈseparatism noun

separatisme النَّزْعَةُ الإنْفِصاليَّه сепаратизъм separatismo separatismus der Seperatismus separatisme; adskillelse αυτονομιστικό κίνημα separatismo separatism جدايي طلبي separatismi séparatismeבדלנות पृथकतावाद, पार्थक्यवाद separatizam különállás, szeparatizmus separatisme aðskilnaðarstefna separatismo 分離主義 분리주의 separatizmas separātisms fahaman pemisahan separatismeseparatistbevegelse separatyzm بېلېدونكى separatismo separatism сепаратизм separatizmus separatizem separatizam separatist ลัทธิความเห็นเช่นนี้ ayrılıkçılık, bağımsızlık eğilimi 分離主義 сепаратизм علاحدگی پسندی chính sách ly khai 分离主义

separate off

to make or keep (a part or parts) separate. apart hou يَفْصِل بَين الأجْزاء деля separar oddělit abtrennen udskille; holde adskilt διαχωρίζωseparar, guardar aparte eraldama, lahus hoidma مجزا كردن erottaa toisistaan mettre/garder à part לְהַפרִיד किसी कल-पुर्जे को अलग रखना podijeliti pregradom, razdijeliti na dijelove különválaszt, leválaszt terpisah aðskilja; halda aðskildum separare 分けておく 분리하다 atskirti, išskirti atšķirt; turēt šķirti memisahkan afzonderen skille ut/fra hverandre, holde atskilt separować się, dzielić جلا کول separar a standardiza отделять, изолировать oddeliť ločiti razdvojiti skilja åt, hålla åtskild แยก; กั้น ayırmak 分成(幾部份) відокремлювати; ізолювати الگ کرنا tách rời 分离出，分隔出

separate out

to make or keep separate or distinct. apart hou يُبْقي الأشْياء مُنْفَصِلَه отделям separar vydělovat, třídit abtrennen udskille; holde adskilt ξεχωρίζωapartar eristama جدا شدن از erottaa séparer, trier לְהַפרִיד अलग रखना odijeliti szétválaszt, szeparál terpisah aðskilja; halda sér separare 区別する 분리하다 at(si)skirti izšķirot; atšķirot terpisah uitkiezensortere, skille fra hverandredzielić, oddzielać się جلا شول separarвыделить (roz)triediť izločiti razdvojiti แยกออก ayrı tutmak 分出 відділяти الگ رکھنا tách rời nhau 分出，析出

separate up (often with into)

to divide. The house has been separated up into different flats. opdeel يُقَسِّم разделям dividir rozdělit teilen opdele διαιρώ, χωρίζω σε τμήματα dividir jaotama تفكيك كردن jakaa diviser לְהַפרִיד विभाजन करना podijeliti na leválaszt membagi skipta dividere 区切る 분리되다 padalinti, suskirstyti sadalīt; atdalīt membahagikan verdelendele oppdzielić جلاکول dividirделить rozdeliť razdeliti podeliti dela upp (in) แบ่งแยก bölmek 分割 розподіляти (на частини) تقسیم کرنا phân chia 把…分成几份

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separate

→ مُنْفَصِل, يُفَرِّقُ oddělený, oddělit adskille, separat getrennt, trennen διαχωρίζω, χωριστός separado, separar erillinen, erottaa séparé, séparer odvojen, odvojiti separare, separato 分ける, 単独の ...을 가르다, 별개의 gescheiden, scheiden separat, separere oddzielny, rozdzielić separado, separar отдельный, отделять separat, separera แยกออกจาก, ซึ่งแยกออกจากกัน ayırmak, ayrı riêng biệt, tách ra 分离, 分离的

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separate

v. separar, dividir.

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• With the milk on the side (US)
  With the milk separate (UK) → مَعَ حَلِيبٍ ولَكِنْ مُنْفَصِلٌ → s mlékem zvlášť → med mælk ved siden af → Die Milch separat → με το γάλα ξεχωριστά → con la leche aparte → Maito erikseen → avec le lait à part → S odvojenim mlijekom → Con latte a parte → ミルクは別にください → 우유는 따로 주세요 → met melk apart → med melken for seg → Z mlekiem oddzielnie → com o leite separado → Молоко отдельно → Kan jag få mjölken vid sidan? → ขอนมต่างหาก → sütü ayrı getirin → Cho sữa riêng → 单独要一份牛奶
• Separate checks, please (US)
  Separate bills, please (UK) → فَواتيرٌ مُنْفَصِلَةٌ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ → Zvlášť, prosím → Adskilte regninger, tak → Getrennte Rechnungen, bitte → Χωριστούς λογαριασμούς, παρακαλώ → En cuentas separadas, por favor → Erilliset laskut, kiitos → Séparément, s'il vous plaît → Molim, posebne račune → Conti separati, per favore → 別々にお勘定をお願いします → 계산서를 각자 주세요 → Aparte rekeningen alstublieft → Separate regninger, takk → Prosimy o oddzielne rachunki → Contas separadas, por favor → Отдельными счетами, пожалуйста → Kan vi få varsin nota, tack? → ช่วยแยกบิล → Hesabı ayrı alalım → Làm ơn cho các hoá đơn riêng → 请分开结账

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separate

adj separado; vt separar

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