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    sep·a·rate
    adjective[ˈsep(ə)rət]
    separate (adjective)
    1. forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself:
      "this raises two separate issues" · "he regards the study of literature as quite separate from life"
      • not joined or touching physically:
        "hostels with separate quarters for men and women"
      • different; distinct:
        "melt the white and dark chocolate in separate bowls"
    verb[ˈsepəˌrāt]
    separate (verb) · separates (third person present) · separated (past tense) · separated (past participle) · separating (present participle)
    1. cause to move or be apart:
      "both owners were trying to separate the dogs" · "they were separated by the war"
      • form a distinction or boundary between (people, places, or things):
        "only a footpath separated their garden from the shore" · "six years separated the two brothers"
      • become detached or disconnected:
        "the second stage of the rocket failed to separate"
      • leave another person's company:
        "they separated at the corner, agreeing to meet within two hours"
      • stop living together as a couple:
        "after her parents separated she was brought up by her mother"
      • US ENGLISH
        discharge or dismiss (someone) from service or employment:
        "this year one million veterans will be separated from the service"
    2. divide into constituent or distinct elements:
      "the processed milk had separated into curds and whey" · "separate the eggs and beat the egg yolks" · "the organ loft separating off the choir"
      • extract or remove for use or rejection:
        "the skins are separated from the juice before fermentation"
      • distinguish between; consider individually:
        "we cannot separate his thinking from his activity" · "his position separates him from those who might share his interests" · "we need to separate fact from speculation"
    noun
    (separates)
    [ˈsep(ə)rət]
    separates (plural noun) · separate (plural noun)
    1. individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or pants, suitable for wearing in different combinations.
    2. the self-contained, freestanding components of a sound-reproduction system.
    3. portions into which a soil, sediment, etc. can be sorted according to particle size, mineral composition, or other criteria:
      "analysis of mineral separates from six cordierite-bearing strata"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Latin separat- ‘disjoined, divided’, from the verb separare, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’.
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    adjective
    1. forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself:
    verb
    1. cause to move or be apart:
      Opposite:
      bring together
    2. divide into constituent or distinct elements:
      Opposite:
     
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