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separate

(s/E/p/(@)/r/@/t )

adjective (a)

independent; not united or joint(adj.all)

Example:
A problem consisting of two separate issues.
They went their separate ways.
Formed a separate church.

Antonym:
joint

source: wordnet30

noun (n)

a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication(noun.communication)

Synonym:
offprint, reprint

source: wordnet30
a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30

preposition (pre)

Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.(preposition)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything(adj.all)

Example:
A house with a separate garage.

Synonym:
freestanding

source: wordnet30
separated according to race, sex, class, or religion(adj.all)

Example:
Separate but equal.
Girls and boys in separate classes.

source: wordnet30
have the connection undone; having become separate(adj.all)

Synonym:
disjoined

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

act as a barrier between; stand between(verb.stative)

Synonym:
divide

source: wordnet30
force, take, or pull apart(verb.contact)

Example:
He separated the fighting children.

Synonym:
disunite, divide, part

source: wordnet30
mark as different(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart

source: wordnet30
separate into parts or portions(verb.social)

Synonym:
carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up
Antonym:
unify, unite

source: wordnet30
divide into components or constituents(verb.contact)

Example:
Separate the wheat from the chaff.

source: wordnet30
arrange or order by classes or categories(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
assort, class, classify, sort, sort out

source: wordnet30
make a division or separation(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways(verb.social)

Example:
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage.

Synonym:
break, break up, part, split, split up

source: wordnet30
go one's own way; move apart(verb.motion)

Example:
The friends separated after the party.

Synonym:
part, split

source: wordnet30
become separated into pieces or fragments(verb.change)

Synonym:
break, come apart, fall apart, split up

source: wordnet30
treat differently on the basis of sex or race(verb.social)

Synonym:
discriminate, single out

source: wordnet30
come apart(verb.contact)

Example:
The two pieces that we had glued separated.

Synonym:
break up, divide, part

source: wordnet30
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork(verb.change)

Synonym:
branch, fork, furcate, ramify

source: wordnet30
To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.(verb)

source: webster1913
To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.(verb)

source: webster1913

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