Definitions for separate
ˈsɛp əˌreɪt; -ər ɪtsep·a·rate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. offprint, reprint, separatenoun

   a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

2. separateadjective

   a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

3. separateadjective

   independent; not united or joint

   "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"

4. freestanding, separateadjective

   standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

   "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"

5. separateadjective

   separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

   "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"

6. disjoined, separateverb

   have the connection undone; having become separate

7. separate, divideverb

   act as a barrier between; stand between

   "The mountain range divides the two countries"

8. separate, disunite, divide, partverb

   force, take, or pull apart

   "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

9. distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apartverb

   mark as different

   "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

10. divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve upverb

    separate into parts or portions

    "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

11. separateverb

    divide into components or constituents

    "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

12. classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separateverb

    arrange or order by classes or categories

    "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

13. separate, divideverb

    make a division or separation

14. separate, part, split up, split, break, break upverb

    discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

    "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

15. separate, part, splitverb

    go one's own way; move apart

    "The friends separated after the party"

16. break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apartverb

    become separated into pieces or fragments

    "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

17. discriminate, separate, single outverb

    treat differently on the basis of sex or race

18. separate, divide, partverb

    come apart

    "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

19. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separateverb

    divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

    "The road forks"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. separatenoun

   Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.

2. separateverb

   To divide (a thing) into separate parts.

   Separate the articles from the headings.

3. separateverb

   To cause (things or people) to be separate.

   If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes.

4. separateverb

   To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.

   The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.

5. separateadjective

   Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

   This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.

6. separateadjective

   Not together (with); not united (to).

   I try to keep my personal life separate from work.

7. Etymology: From separatus, perfect passive participle of separare, from sepire, saepire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Separateadjective

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Divided from the rest.

   Eve separate he wish’d. John Milton.

   ’Twere hard to conceive an eternal watch, whose pieces were never separate one from another, not ever in any other form. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   In a secret vale the Trojan sees
   A sep’rate grove. Dryden.

   2. Disunited from the body; disengaged from corporeal nature.

   Whatever ideas the mind can receive and contemplate without the help of the body, it can retain without the help of the body too; or else the soul, or any separate spirit, will have but little advantage by thinking. John Locke.

2. To SEPARATEverb

   Etymology: separo, Latin; separer, French.

   1. To break; to divide into parts.2. To disunite; to disjoin.

   I’ll to England.
   ———— To Ireland, I: our separated fortunes
   Shall keep us both the safer. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Resolv’d,
   Rather than death, or aught than death more dread,
   Shall separate us. John Milton.

   3. To sever from the rest.

   Can a body be inflammable, from which it would puzzle a chymist to separate an inflammable ingredient? Boyle.

   Death from sin no power can separate. John Milton.

   4. To set apart; to segregate.

   Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them. Acts xiii. 2.

   David separated to the service those who should prophesy. 1 Chron. xxv. 1.

   5. To withdraw.

   Separate thyself from me: if thou wilt take the left, I will go to the right. Gen. xiii. 9.

3. To Separateverb

   To part; to be disunited.

   When there was not room enough for their herds to feed, they by consent separated, and enlarged their pasture. John Locke.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. separate

   Separate refers to the act or state of being apart or divided from something or someone else. It implies a distinct or individual existence, where there is a physical or conceptual division between two or more entities. It suggests the absence of unity or connection and often implies a notion of independence or distinctiveness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Separateverb

   to disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner

2. Separateverb

   to come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa

3. Separateverb

   to set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service

4. Separateverb

   to part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated

5. Separate

   divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected

6. Separate

   unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected

7. Separate

   disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls

8. Etymology: [L. separatus, p. p. ]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Separate

   sep′a-rāt, v.t. to divide: to part: to withdraw: to set apart for a certain purpose: to sever.—v.i. to part: to withdraw from each other: to become disunited.—adj. separated: divided: apart from another: distinct.—n. Separabil′ity.—adj. Sep′arable, that may be separated or disjointed.—n. Sep′arableness.—advs. Sep′arably; Sep′arately.—ns Sep′arateness; Sep′arating-disc, an emery-wheel for cutting a space between teeth; Separā′tion, act of separating or disjoining: state of being separate: disunion: chemical analysis: divorce without a formal dissolution of the marriage-tie; Separā′tionist; Sep′aratism, act of separating or withdrawing, esp. from an established church; Sep′aratist, one who separates or withdraws, esp. from an established church, a dissenter: a name applied by the Unionists to those Liberals in favour of granting Home Rule to Ireland.—adj. Sep′arātive, tending to separate.—ns. Sep′arātor, one who, or that which, separates: a divider; Sep′arātory, a chemical vessel for separating liquids of different specific gravities; Sep′arātrix, the line separating light from shade on any partly illuminated surface; Separā′tum, a separate copy of a paper which has been published in the proceedings of a scientific society.—Separate estate, property of a married woman over which her husband has no right of control; Separate maintenance, a provision made by a husband for the sustenance of his wife where they decide to live apart. [L. separāre, -ātum—se-, aside, parāre, to put.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'separate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1362

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'separate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1556

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'separate' in Verbs Frequency: #448

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'separate' in Adjectives Frequency: #161

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1. asperate

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of separate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of separate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of separate in a Sentence

1. The Atlantic:

   Despite some shifting numbers, neither our vaccines nor our immune systems are failing us, or even coming close. Vaccine effectiveness isn’t a monolith, and neither is immunity. Staying safe from a virus depends on host and pathogen alike; a change in either can chip away at the barriers that separate the two without obliterating them, which is exactly what we’re seeing now.

2. Jefferson County:

   Our goal then and now has been to bring justice to Jeannie and her family, and while we would have preferred to place handcuffs on the suspect, we hope knowing who and where he is brings them some degree of closure. MISSOURI MAN INDICTED IN COLD CASE MURDER HE WAS QUIZZED ABOUT 31 YEARS AGO The sheriffs office said Donald Perea kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed Moore near Denver when he was 23 years old. Donald Perea, Donald Perea, died on May 28, 2012, at the age of 54 due to health-related issues. Donald Perea kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed Jeannie Moore near Denver in August 1981, according to officials. ( Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) Investigators said Donald Perea was out on bond for a separate sexual assault case when Jeannie Moores was killed ; Donald Perea was later convicted and was in prison from 1982 to 1985. Jeannie Moores left Jeannie Moores home for work at a gas station on Aug. 25, 1981 -- hitchhiking as Jeannie Moores typically would -- when Jeannie Moores was last seen getting into an older Ford Galaxy or LTD that was red, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Five days later, Jeannie Moores body was found by picnickers in Genesee Park, south of Interstate 70. An autopsy found that Jeannie Moores was killed by several blows to the head, FOX31 reported. After Jeannie Moores murder went unsolved for decades, officials said the cold case was looked at in 2008 and again in May 2019, when new technology found a match. A public-private partnership that allowed forensic genealogy testing to be completed by United Data Connect Connect helped uncover a match. The information that led to Donald Perea was the same technology that helped crack the Golden State killer and other notable cold-case murders and rapes in 2018. How authorities linked Steven Perea to the case. ( Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) The DNA evidence from the crime scene was linked to a family member of Donald Perea this spring, and investigators were able to interview family members and get other samples to confirm that he was the suspect linked to the case. OREGON MAN ARRESTED IN 1978 COLD-CASE MURDER OF ALASKA TEEN, AUTHORITIES SAY Joan Busse, a genealogist with United Data Connect, told FOX31 Joan Busse put in 40 to 60 hours working backward through thousands of ancestors on public genealogy websites and DNA matches to identify a suspect. DNA can be uploaded to public genealogy websites such as GEDmatch.com through commercial kits where people can choose to opt-inif they want law enforcement to be able to access that information.

3. David Hastings:

   These plastics will remain in the bay, the gulf and ocean for more than a lifetime, while we use most plastic bags and bottles for less than an hour, although it is tempting to clean up the mess, it is not feasible to remove these particles from the water column or separate them out from sediments.

4. Lockheed Martin and Boeing:

   Our proposal to meet the needs of the Indian Air Force’s fighter requirements entails creating a separate new Super Hornet production facility in India where Boeing has had a presence for more than seven decades, we’re optimistic about the opportunity to continue our work in St. Louis and add a new production line in India which would also create more opportunities for our entire Super Hornet supply chain.

5. Seemin Qayum:

   Access to safe, reliable, clean, private sanitation and water and hygiene is really a question of girls' and women's welfare and girls' and women's rights, if we're thinking about keeping girls at school, we need to do a lot of work on the sanitation issue and make sure that there are clean, private, safe and separate facilities for girls at schools. I think this is fundamental.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=separate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Separate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=separate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=separate