Meaning & Definition of Separate in English

1. A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

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

1. Act as a barrier between

• Stand between

• "The mountain range divides the two countries"

2. Force, take, or pull apart

• "He separated the fighting children"

• "Moses parted the red sea"

3. Mark as different

• "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

4. Separate into parts or portions

• "Divide the cake into three equal parts"

• "The british carved up the ottoman empire after world war i"

5. Divide into components or constituents

• "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

6. Arrange or order by classes or categories

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

7. Make a division or separation

8. 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"

9. Go one's own way

• Move apart

• "The friends separated after the party"

10. Become separated into pieces or fragments

• "The figurine broke"

• "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

11. Treat differently on the basis of sex or race

12. Come apart

• "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

13. Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• "The road forks"

1. Independent

• Not united or joint

• "A problem consisting of two separate issues"

• "They went their separate ways"

• "Formed a separate church"

2. Standing apart

• Not attached to or supported by anything

• "A freestanding bell tower"

• "A house with a separate garage"

3. Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• "Separate but equal"

• "Girls and boys in separate classes"

4. Have the connection undone

• Having become separate