Separate Definition
separate
English
Etymology
From Latin separatus, perfect passive participle of separare (“separate”), from sepire, saepire (“enclose, hedge in”).
Pronunciation
- (Adjective and noun):
- enPR: sĕ'pərət, IPA: /ˈsɛp(ə)ɹət/, X-SAMPA: /"sEp(@)r@t/
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- (Verbs):
- enPR: sĕ'pərāt, IPA: /ˈsɛpəɹeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"sEp@reIt/
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Adjective
separate (not comparable)
- Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
- This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
- (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
- I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
Verb
separate (third-person singular simple present separates, present participle separating, simple past and past participle separated)
- (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
- Separate the articles from the headings.
- (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
- If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes.
- (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
- The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.
Translations
divide (a thing) into separate parts
- Afrikaans: skei, deel, verdeel
- Arabic: فصل (ar) (fáSala)
- Armenian: առանձնացնել (hy) (aṙanjnac'nel), բաժանել (hy) (bažanel)
- Catalan: separar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 分離 (cmn), 分离 (cmn) (fēnlí), 分開 (cmn), 分开 (cmn) (fēnkāi), 隔 (zh) (gé)
- Czech: oddělit (cs)
- Danish: adskille (da)
- Dutch: scheiden (nl)
- Esperanto: malkunigi (eo)
- Finnish: erottaa (fi), irrottaa (fi)
- French: séparer (fr)
- German: separieren (de), teilen (de), trennen (de)
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cause (things or people) to be separate
divide itself into separate pieces or substances
- Afrikaans: skei
- Dutch: scheiden, zich verdelen, schiften (nl)
- Esperanto: malkuniĝi (eo)
- Finnish: erottua, irrota (of pieces)
- French: se séparer (fr)
- German: sich trennen, auseinanderfallen
- Japanese: 分かれる (ja) (わかれる, wakareru), 別れる (ja) (わかれる, wakareru)
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- Korean: 분리되다 (ko) (bullidoeda)
- Romanian: separa (ro)
- Russian: разделяться (ru) (razdelját’sja)
- Spanish: separarse (es)
- Swedish: dela (sv), splittra (sv), söndra (sv)
- Telugu: విడిపోవు (viDipOvu)
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Noun
separate (plural separates)
- (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.
Usage notes
- The spelling is separate. *Seperate is a common misspelling.
Anagrams
Italian
Verb form
separate
- second-person plural indicative present of separare
- second-person plural imperative of separare
Latin
Verb
sēparāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of sēparō
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