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Definitions for Separate

[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] to 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.
[7] Mathematics . 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.
[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.
[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] individual or particular: each separate item.
[18] not shared; individual or private: separate checks; separate rooms.
[19] (sometimes initial capital letter ) noting or pertaining to a church or other organization no longer associated with the original or parent organization.
[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.
[23] (tr) to act as a barrier between a range of mountains separates the two countries
[24] to put or force or be put or forced apart
[25] to part or be parted from a mass or group
[26] (tr) to discriminate between to separate the men from the boys
[27] to divide or be divided into component parts; sort or be sorted
[28] to sever or be severed
[29] (intr) (of a married couple) to cease living together by mutual agreement or after obtaining a decree of judicial separation
[30] existing or considered independently a separate problem
[31] disunited or apart
[32] set apart from the main body or mass
[33] distinct, individual, or particular
[34] solitary or withdrawn
[35] (sometimes capital) designating or relating to a Church or similar institution that has ceased to have associations with an original parent organization

Words related to Separate

independent, sovereign, free, isolated, different, distinct, single, diverse, various, particular, autonomous, unique, disconnect, divide, divorce, break, split, detach, sever, insulate

Words nearby Separate

sep., sepa, sepal, sepaloid, separable, separate, separate but equal, separate school, separate the men from the boys, separate the sheep from the goats, separate wheat from chaff

Origin of Separate

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

Other words from Separate

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.
un·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

Word origin for Separate

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

Synonyms for Separate

free, independent, isolated, sovereign, abstracted, apportioned, detached, disassociated, disembodied, disjointed, distributed, disunited, divided, divorced, loose, marked, parted, partitioned, removed, scattered, severed, sundered, apart, asunder, cut apart, cut in two, discrete, distant, divergent, far between, in halves, put asunder, set apart, set asunder, unattached, unconnected