Definition of separate
adjective:
- independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues", "they went their separate ways", "formed a separate church". Antonyms: joint.
- standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower", "a house with a separate garage". Synonyms: freestanding.
- separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal", "girls and boys in separate classes".
- have the connection undone; having become separate. Synonyms: disjoined.
noun:
- a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication. Synonyms: offprint, reprint.
- a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments.
verb:
- act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries". Synonyms: divide.
- force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children", "Moses parted the Red Sea". Synonyms: disunite, divide, part.
- mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple". Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart.
- separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts", "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I". Synonyms: carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up. Antonyms: unite.
- divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff".
- arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?". Synonyms: assort, class, classify, sort, sort out.
- make a division or separation. Synonyms: divide.
- 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". Synonyms: break, break up, part, split, split up.
- go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party". Synonyms: part, split.
- become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke", "The freshly baked loaf fell apart". Synonyms: break, come apart, fall apart, split up.
- treat differently on the basis of sex or race. Synonyms: discriminate, single out.
- come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated". Synonyms: divide, part.
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks". Synonyms: branch, fork, furcate, ramify.
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