noun : SEPARATE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication ;
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2. (
) a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments ;
verb : SEPARATE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" ;
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2. (
) force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" ;
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3. (
- distinguish ,
- separate ,
- differentiate ,
- secern ,
- secernate ,
- severalize ,
- severalise ,
- tell ,
- tell_apart
) mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" ;
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4. (
) separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" ;
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5. (
) divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" ;
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6. (
) arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards;
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7. (
) make a division or separation ;
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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" ;
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9. (
) go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" ;
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10. (
) become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" ;
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11. (
) treat differently on the basis of sex or race ;
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12. (
) come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" ;
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13. (
) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" ;
Adjective : SEPARATE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) 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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2. (
) standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage" ;
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3. (
) separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes" ;
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4. (
) have the connection undone; having become separate ;
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