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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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