separate

Verb

1. (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
2. (transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
3. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
4. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
5. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
2. (not-comparable) Not together (with); not united (to).

Noun

1. (plural-normally) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.
2. A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛp.ɹət/

Etymology

From Middle English separaten (“to separate”), from separat (“separated”) + -en, from Latin sēparātus, perfect passive participle of sēparō (“to separate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from sē- (“apart”) + parō (“prepare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English scēadan (whence English shed).
Doublet of sever, also derived from the same Latin verb.

Synonyms

divide

part

split

isolate

different

distinct

apart

sever

segregate

divorce

detach

distinguish

disunite

break

detached

split up

share

special

disjoin

disconnect

break up

set apart

remove

individual

particular

leave

isolated

cut off

disperse

scatter

sort

spread

discrete

discriminate

classify

single

move apart

differentiate

other

pull apart

open out

sort out

sunder

partition

sequester

separated

keep apart

come apart

dissever

another

Sentences

They even demanded separate eating and toilet facilities .

Early versions of talk did not separate text from each user .

Essentially , we humans seem to wish to separate spacetime into slices of constant time .

Some factions favour a separate state while others seek regional autonomy .

Again , this design is intentional and is to separate validation and augmentation .