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- Dictionaryseparated/ˈsɛpəreɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. no longer living together as a couple: "his parents are separated"
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to make people move apart or into different places, or to move apart: At school they always tried to separate Jane and me because we were troublemakers. Somehow, in the rush to get out of the building, I got separated from my mother. Perhaps we should separate now and meet up later. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. a. : to set or keep apart : disconnect, sever. b. : to make a distinction between : discriminate, distinguish. separate religion from magic. c. : sort. separate mail. d. : to disperse in space or time : scatter. widely separated homesteads. 2. archaic : to set aside for a special purpose : choose, dedicate. 3.
SEPARATE definition: 1. existing or happening independently or in a different physical space: 2. to (cause to) divide…. Learn more.
Separate definition: to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space. See examples of SEPARATE used in a sentence.
To separate is to remove from each other things previously associated: to separate a mother from her children. To divide is to split or break up carefully according to measurement, rule, or plan: to divide a cake into equal parts.
1. To come apart; become detached: The lining has separated from the inside of the coat. 2. To withdraw or break away: The state threatened to separate from the Union. 3. To part company; go away from each other; disperse: The friends separated at the end of the school year. 4.
being or feeling set or kept apart from others. “thought of herself as alone and separated from the others”. synonyms: detached, isolated, set-apart. separate. independent; not united or joint. adjective. spaced apart. synonyms: spaced. distributed.
forming a unit by itself; not joined to something else. They have begun to sleep in separate rooms. separate from somebody/something Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat. The school is housed in two separate buildings. Write a list of names on a separate piece of paper. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
1. To come apart; become detached: The lining has separated from the inside of the coat. 2. To withdraw or break away: The state threatened to separate from the Union. 3. To part company; go away from each other; disperse: The friends separated at the end of the school year. 4.
Definition of separated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
