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separate > 21 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	separate	Independent
	2	separate, freestanding	Standing apart
	3	separate, apart, separated	Not living together as man and wife
	4	separate, individual, single	Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
	5	separate	Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
	6	separate, disjoined	Have the connection undone
NOUN	1	separate, offprint, reprint	A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
NOUN	2	separate	A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
VERB	1	separate, divide	Act as a barrier between
	2	separate, disunite, divide, part	Force, take, or pull apart
	3	separate, distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart	Mark as different
	4	separate, divide, split, split up, dissever, carve up	Separate into parts or portions
	5	separate, divide, part	Come apart
	6	separate	Divide into components or constituents
	7	separate, classify, class, sort, assort, sort out	Arrange or order by classes or categories
	8	separate, break, split up, fall apart, come apart	Become separated into pieces or fragments
	9	separate, divide	Make a division or separation
	10	separate, part, split up, split, break, break up	Discontinue an association or relation
	11	separate, part, split	Go one's own way
	12	separate, discriminate, single out	Treat differently on the basis of sex or race
	13	separate, branch, ramify, fork, furcate	Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

separate > pronunciation
Sounds	seh'perey.t; seh'periht; seh'praht
Rhymes	abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 537 more rhymes in eyt...
	acquit, admit, affectionate, and 179 more rhymes in iht...
	abbot, abut, accredit, and 364 more rhymes in aht...

separate > adjective 1
Meaning	Independent. Not united or joint.
Examples	"a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
Contrary	joint
Similar	abstracted, removed; apart; asunder; detached, isolated, separated, set-apart; discrete, distinct; disjoint; disjunct, isolated; isolable; unaccompanied
See also	individual, single; independent; segregated, unintegrated; other; unshared; divided
Attribute of	separation
Nouns	separateness
Adverbs	separately

separate > adjective 2
Meaning	Standing apart. Not attached to or supported by anything.
Examples	"a house with a separate garage"
Synonyms	freestanding
Similar to	detached

separate > adjective 3
Meaning	Not living together as man and wife.
Examples	"maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"
Synonyms	apart, separated
Similar to	divided
Nouns	separateness

separate > adjective 4
Meaning	Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing.
Synonyms	individual, single
Similar to	unshared

separate > adjective 5
Meaning	Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion.
Examples	"separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"
Similar to	segregated, unintegrated
Nouns	separateness; separateness

separate > adjective 6
Meaning	Have the connection undone. Having become separate.
Synonyms	disjoined
Similar to	unconnected

separate > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication.
Synonyms	offprint, reprint
Broader	article

separate > noun 2, artifact
Meaning	A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments.
Broader	garment

separate > verb 1, stative
Meaning	Act as a barrier between. Stand between.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	divide

separate > verb 2, contact
Meaning	Force, take, or pull apart.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Examples	"He separated the fighting children"
Synonyms	disunite, divide, part
Cause to	separate, divide, part
Broader	move, displace
Narrower	compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up; polarize, polarise; sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate; disjoin, disjoint; disjoint, disarticulate; disconnect; cut; tear; joint; gin; break; sever, break up; tear, rupture, snap, bust
Entailed by	unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick
Nouns	separation

separate > verb 3, cognition
Meaning	Mark as different.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Synonyms	distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
Broader	identify, place
Narrower	know; discriminate, know apart; label; label; sex; individualize, individualise; contrast; severalize, severalise; contradistinguish; decouple, dissociate; demarcate; discriminate, separate, single out; stratify
Entails	compare

separate > verb 4, social
Meaning	Separate into parts or portions.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	divide, split, split up, dissever, carve up
Contrary	unite, unify
Broader	change integrity
Narrower	subdivide; format, initialize, initialise; sectionalize, sectionalise; triangulate; unitize, unitise; lot; parcel; sliver, splinter; paragraph; canton; Balkanize, Balkanise

separate > verb 5, contact
Meaning	Come apart.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"The two pieces that we had glued separated"
Synonyms	divide, part
Caused by	separate, disunite, divide, part
Broader	change
Narrower	subdivide; polarize, polarise; calve, break up; chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off; disjoin, disjoint; detach, come off, come away; segregate; segment; reduce; segment, section; partition, partition off; dismember, take apart, discerp; gerrymander
Entailed by	share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal
Nouns	separation

separate > verb 6, contact
Meaning	Divide into components or constituents.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"Separate the wheat from the chaff"
Broader	change integrity
Narrower	decompose, break up, break down; dialyse, dialyze; peptize, peptise; macerate; tease, card; filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out; extract; fractionate; fractionate; sift, sieve, strain; wash; avulse
Nouns	separator; separation

separate > verb 7, cognition
Meaning	Arrange or order by classes or categories.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	classify, class, sort, assort, sort out
Broader	categorize, categorise
Narrower	unitize, unitise; catalogue, catalog; isolate; refer; reclassify; size; dichotomize, dichotomise; pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp; group; grade; count, number
Entails	compare
Entailed by	identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name

separate > verb 8, change
Meaning	Become separated into pieces or fragments.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	break, split up, fall apart, come apart
Similar to	break
Broader	change integrity
See also	fall
Narrower	burst, split, break open; puncture; burst, bust; smash; ladder, run; snap, crack; break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise; crush

separate > verb 9, motion
Meaning	Make a division or separation.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	divide
Narrower	partition, zone; break; disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter; rail, rail off; detach; shut off, close off
Adjectives	separative; separative

separate > verb 10, social
Meaning	Discontinue an association or relation. Go different ways.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Examples	"The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"
Synonyms	part, split up, split, break, break up
Narrower	give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate; disunify, break apart; disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint; break with; divorce, split up; secede, splinter, break away; break, break away
Nouns	separation; separatist

separate > verb 11, motion
Meaning	Go one's own way. Move apart.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Examples	"The friends separated after the party"
Synonyms	part, split
Broader	move
Narrower	disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out; break up; diffract
Nouns	separation

separate > verb 12, social
Meaning	Treat differently on the basis of sex or race.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	discriminate, single out
Broader	distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
Narrower	isolate, insulate; hive off; segregate; redline; disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
Adjectives	separative; separative

separate > verb 13, change
Meaning	Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	branch, ramify, fork, furcate
Similar to	ramify, branch
Broader	diverge
Narrower	arborize, arborise; twig; bifurcate; trifurcate

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