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English adjective: separate | |||
| 1. | separate independent; not united or joint | ||
| Samples | A problem consisting of two separate issues. They went their separate ways. Formed a separate church. | ||
| Similar | apart, asunder, detached, discrete, disjoint, disjunct, distinct, isolable, isolated, isolated, separated, set-apart, unaccompanied | ||
| See also | divided, independent, individual, other, segregated, single, unintegrated, unshared | ||
| Attribute | separation | ||
| Antonyms | joint | ||
| 2. | separate standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything | ||
| Samples | A freestanding bell tower. A house with a separate garage. | ||
| Synonyms | freestanding | ||
| Similar | detached | ||
| Antonyms | attached | ||
| 3. | separate separated according to race, sex, class, or religion | ||
| Samples | Separate but equal. Girls and boys in separate classes. | ||
| Similar | segregated, unintegrated | ||
| Antonyms | integrated | ||
| 4. | separate have the connection undone; having become separate | ||
| Synonyms | disjoined | ||
| Similar | unconnected | ||
| Antonyms | connected | ||
English noun: separate | |||
| 1. | separate (communication) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication | ||
| Synonyms | offprint, reprint | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | article | ||
| 2. | separate (artifact) a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | garment | ||
English verb: separate | |||
| 1. | separate (stative) act as a barrier between; stand between | ||
| Samples | The mountain range divides the two countries. | ||
| Synonyms | divide | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| 2. | separate (contact) force, take, or pull apart | ||
| Samples | He separated the fighting children. Moses parted the Red Sea. | ||
| Synonyms | disunite, divide, part | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break, break up, bust, compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut, cut up, disarticulate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, disjoint, gin, isolate, joint, keep apart, polarise, polarize, rupture, sequester, sequestrate, set apart, sever, snap, tear, tear | ||
| Cause | divide, part, separate | ||
| 3. | separate (cognition) mark as different | ||
| Samples | We distinguish several kinds of maple. | ||
| Synonyms | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | identify, place | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | contradistinguish, contrast, decouple, demarcate, discriminate, discriminate, dissociate, individualise, individualize, know, know apart, label, label, separate, severalise, severalize, sex, single out, stratify | ||
| Entail | compare | ||
| 4. | separate (social) separate into parts or portions | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change integrity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Balkanise, Balkanize, canton, format, initialise, initialize, lot, paragraph, parcel, sectionalise, sectionalize, sliver, splinter, subdivide, triangulate, unitise, unitize | ||
| Antonyms | unite, unify | ||
| 5. | separate (contact) divide into components or constituents | ||
| Samples | Separate the wheat from the chaff. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change integrity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | avulse, break down, break up, card, decompose, dialyse, dialyze, disperse, extract, filter, filter out, filtrate, fractionate, fractionate, macerate, peptise, peptize, separate out, sieve, sift, strain, strain, tease, wash | ||
| 6. | separate (cognition) arrange or order by classes or categories | ||
| Samples | How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?. | ||
| Synonyms | assort, class, classify, sort, sort out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | categorise, categorize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | catalog, catalogue, count, dichotomise, dichotomize, grade, group, isolate, number, pigeonhole, reclassify, refer, size, stamp, stereotype, unitise, unitize | ||
| Entail | compare | ||
| 7. | separate (motion) make a division or separation | ||
| Synonyms | divide | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break, break up, close off, detach, dispel, disperse, dissipate, partition, rail, rail off, scatter, shut off, zone | ||
| 8. | separate (social) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break, break apart, break away, break away, break with, disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunify, disunite, divorce, divorce, give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate, secede, splinter, split up | ||
| 9. | separate (motion) go one's own way; move apart | ||
| Samples | The friends separated after the party. | ||
| Synonyms | part, split | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break up, diffract, disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out | ||
| 10. | separate (change) become separated into pieces or fragments | ||
| Samples | The figurine broke. The freshly baked loaf fell apart. | ||
| Synonyms | break, come apart, fall apart, split up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change integrity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break open, break up, burst, burst, bust, crack, crush, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, ladder, puncture, run, smash, snap, split | ||
| Verb group | break | ||
| 11. | separate (social) treat differently on the basis of sex or race | ||
| Synonyms | discriminate, single out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour, hive off, insulate, isolate, redline, segregate | ||
| 12. | separate (contact) come apart | ||
| Samples | The two pieces that we had glued separated. | ||
| Synonyms | divide, part | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break away, break off, break up, calve, chip, chip off, come away, come off, come off, detach, discerp, disjoin, disjoint, dismember, gerrymander, partition, partition off, polarise, polarize, reduce, section, segment, segment, segregate, subdivide, take apart | ||
| 13. | separate (change) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | ||
| Samples | The road forks. | ||
| Synonyms | branch, fork, furcate, ramify | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | diverge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | arborise, arborize, bifurcate, trifurcate, twig | ||
| Verb group | branch, ramify | ||
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