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separate
verb separated, separating
- 1. To take, force or keep apart (from others or each other).
- Example: A hedge separates the two fields
- Thesaurus: part, divide, split, section, sever, sunder, rive Antonym: connect.
2. Said of a couple: to cease to be together or live together.
3. To disconnect or disunite; to sever.
4. To isolate or seclude.
- Example: He should be separated from the others
- Thesaurus: distinguish, isolate, sequester, seclude, segregate; Antonym: unite.
6. To divide or become divided into parts.
- Example: The building is separated up into smaller apartments
- Form: separate up (also)
7. To depart or withdraw; to secede.
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8. To become disconnected or disunited.
- 1. Separated; divided.
2. Distinctly different or individual; unrelated.
- Example: That is a separate issue
- Thesaurus: individual, apart, autonomous, discrete.
- 1. Individual items which form a unit and which are often purchased separately to mix and match, eg items of women's clothing eg blouse, skirt, etc forming separate parts of an outfit, rather than a suit, or separate units of a hi-fi system such as a CD-player, amplifier, speakers, etc.
- Form: separates (usually)
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