SEPARATE
\sˈɛpɹət], \sˈɛpɹət], \s_ˈɛ_p__ɹ_ə_t]\
Definitions of SEPARATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"
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arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
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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"
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mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
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treat differently on the basis of sex or race
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have the connection undone; having become separate
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make a division or separation
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a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
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a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
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separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"
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independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
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divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
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go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
By Princeton University
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not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"
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arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
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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"
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mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
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treat differently on the basis of sex or race
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have the connection undone; having become separate
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make a division or separation
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a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
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a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
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separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"
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independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
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To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
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Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
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Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; - said of things once connected.
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Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; - said of things that have not been connected.
By Oddity Software
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
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To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
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Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
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Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; - said of things once connected.
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Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; - said of things that have not been connected.
By Noah Webster.
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To part or divide; disunite; disconnect; withdraw.
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Divided from the rest; disconnected; not united; distinct.
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Separateness.
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Separated.
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Separating.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Separateness.
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To disconnect; dissever.
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To keep apart.
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To consider separately.
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To be disconnected.
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Existing apart from others; considered by itself; unconnected or disconnected.
By James Champlin Fernald
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