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Separate

adjective

1.

Independent; not united or joint. "They went their separate ways" , "Formed a separate church"

2.

Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything. Synonym: freestanding. "A house with a separate garage"

3.

Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion. "Girls and boys in separate classes"

4.

Have the connection undone; having become separate. Synonym: disjoined.

verb

(past & past part. separated; pres. part. separating)

1.

Act as a barrier between; stand between. Synonym: divide.

2.

Force, take, or pull apart. Synonyms: disunite, divide, part. "Moses parted the Red Sea"

3.

Mark as different. Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart.

4.

Separate into parts or portions. Synonyms: carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up. "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

5.

Divide into components or constituents.

6.

Arrange or order by classes or categories. Synonyms: assort, class, classify, sort, sort out.

7.

Make a division or separation. Synonym: divide.

8.

Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways. Synonyms: break, break up, part, split, split up. "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage" , "My friend and I split up"

9.

Go one's own way; move apart. Synonyms: part, split.

10.

Become separated into pieces or fragments. Synonyms: break, come apart, fall apart, split up. "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

11.

Treat differently on the basis of sex or race. Synonyms: discriminate, single out.

12.

Come apart. Synonyms: divide, part.

13.

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork. Synonyms: branch, fork, furcate, ramify.

noun

1.

A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication. Synonyms: offprint, reprint.

2.

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

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