separate
Part of speech: verb
adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From Middle English separaten (“to separate”), from separat (“separated”) + -en, from Latin sēparātus, perfect passive participle of sēparō (“to separate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from sē- (“apart”) + parō (“prepare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English scēadan (whence English shed).
Doublet of sever, also derived from the same Latin verb.
Base: separat
Affixes: -en
Inflected forms:
form: separates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: separating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: separated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: separated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: seperate
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
misspelling
form: separates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Separate the articles from the headings.
Ant taxonomists have decided that anything that's worth separating should be separated at the species level, and have no truck with subspecies at all. Butterfly taxonomists, however, like the triple-barrelled name approach and dote on subspecies. As a result, the numbers of ant species and butterfly species are not directly comparable.
The mesosphere may be described as the earth's intermediate or middle atmosphere, which separates the thermosphere above from the ozonosphere (or stratosphere) below, both of which are responsible for absorption of most of the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation and preventing it from reaching the earth's surface.
gloss: To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
From the fine gold I separate the allay [alloy].
There must be some deep-rooted anti-social principle in every man's nature, so dearly does he love aught that separates him from his kind; or is it but one of the many shapes taken by that mental kaleidoscope, vanity, the varying and the glittering, the desire of distinction, sinking into that of notice?
gloss: To cause (things or people) to be separate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
gloss: To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.
gloss: To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
gloss: Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
Syntactically, hendiadic constructions differ from synthetonic sequences in that the latter are separate clauses, and hence are separately negatable and may have different tenses and aspects and different subjects.
gloss: Not together (with); not united (to).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
gloss: Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: French taffeta evening separates – a puffball skirt, and a ruffled blouse – were pressed flat to drag them up to date.
gloss: A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers.
pos: noun
Synonyms: detached
discrete
distinct
disparate
loose
separate
sundry
unattached
unannexed
unassociated
unconnected
Antonyms: annex
combine
coherent
conjunct
indistinct
joined
unified
Related words: separative
separation
asunder
divide
divisible
disconnect
disunite
reduce
split
subtract
Derived words: electroseparate
enantioseparate
lift and separate
reseparate
separable
separase
separatability
separatable
separatee
separately
separate out
separate the men from the boys
separate the sheep from the goats
separate the wheat from the chaff
separatical
separation
separational
separationism
separationist
separatism
separatist
separatory
separature
go their separate ways
inseparate
nonseparate
semiseparate
separate but equal
separate cover
separate estate
separate maintenance
separateness
separate opinion
separate peace
separate school
septel
unseparate
write as separate words
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: geskei van
lang: Afrikaans
word: apart van
lang: Afrikaans
word: afgesonder van
lang: Armenian
word: առանձին
roman: aṙanjin
lang: Bashkir
word: нимәнән айырым
roman: nimənən ayırım
lang: Bulgarian
word: разделен
roman: razdelen
lang: Catalan
word: separat
lang: Czech
word: samostatný
lang: Czech
word: separátní
lang: Czech
word: oddělený
lang: Dutch
word: gescheiden van
lang: Finnish
word: erillinen
lang: Finnish
word: erillään
lang: French
word: séparé
lang: French
word: séparée
lang: Galician
word: separado
lang: German
word: getrennt
lang: German
word: separat
lang: Greek
word: διαχωρισμένος
roman: diachorisménos
lang: Italian
word: separato
lang: Italian
word: separata
lang: Korean
word: 별개의
roman: byeolgae'ui
lang: Pashto
word: بېل
roman: bel
lang: Portuguese
word: separado
lang: Russian
word: разде́льный
roman: razdélʹnyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: air leth (bho)
lang: Spanish
word: separado
lang: Swedish
word: skild
lang: Swedish
word: separat
lang: Swedish
word: åtskild
lang: Telugu
word: విడి
roman: viḍi
lang: Turkish
word: -den ayrı
lang: Ukrainian
word: розді́льний
roman: rozdílʹnyj