Separate

verb
sɛpɜrət

Adjective

  • standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

    a house with a separate garage

    Similar:Freestanding
  • independent; not united or joint

    a problem consisting of two separate issues

    they went their separate ways

    formed a separate church

    See also:UnsharedDividedIndependent
  • separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

    separate but equal

    girls and boys in separate classes

  • have the connection undone; having become separate

    Similar:Disjoined

Noun

  • a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

    Similar:OffprintReprint
    Type of:Article
  • a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

    Type of:Garment

Verb

  • force, take, or pull apart

    He separated the fighting children

    Similar:DisuniteDividePart
    Type of:DisplaceMove
  • go one's own way; move apart

    The friends separated after the party

    Similar:PartSplit
    Type of:Move
  • come apart

    The two pieces that we had glued separated

    Similar:DividePart
    Type of:Change
  • discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

    The couple separated after 25 years of marriage

  • treat differently on the basis of sex or race

    Similar:Discriminate
    Type of:SecernSeveralizeDifferentiate
  • arrange or order by classes or categories

    Similar:AssortClassClassifySort
    Type of:CategoriseCategorize
  • become separated into pieces or fragments

    Similar:Break
  • separate into parts or portions

    Similar:DisseverDivideSplit
  • divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

    Similar:BranchForkFurcateRamify
    Type of:Diverge
  • mark as different

    Similar:DifferentiateDistinguishSecernSecernateSeveralise
    Type of:PlaceIdentify
  • act as a barrier between; stand between

    Similar:Divide
  • make a division or separation

    Similar:Divide
  • divide into components or constituents

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