Dictionary entry details
• SEPARATE (noun)
Meaning:
A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
offprint; separate; reprint
Hypernyms ("separate" is a kind of...):
article (nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication)
Meaning:
A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("separate" is a kind of...):
garment (an article of clothing)
• SEPARATE (adjective)
Meaning:
Independent; not united or joint
Context examples:
a problem consisting of two separate issues / they went their separate ways / formed a separate church
Similar:
unaccompanied ((of a state or an event) taking place without something specified occurring at the same time)
isolable (capable of being isolated or disjoined)
disjunct; isolated (marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements)
disjoint (having no elements in common)
discrete; distinct (constituting a separate entity or part)
detached; isolated; separated; set-apart (being or feeling set or kept apart from others)
asunder (widely separated especially in space)
apart (having characteristics not shared by others)
abstracted; removed (taken out of or separated from)
Also:
other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)
segregated; unintegrated (separated or isolated from others or a main group)
independent (free from external control and constraint)
individual; single (being or characteristic of a single thing or person)
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
unshared (not shared)
Attribute:
separation (the state of lacking unity)
Antonym:
joint (united or combined)
Meaning:
Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
Synonyms:
freestanding; separate
Context examples:
a freestanding bell tower / a house with a separate garage
Similar:
detached (used of buildings; standing apart from others)
Meaning:
Not living together as man and wife
Synonyms:
apart; separate; separated
Context examples:
decided to live apart / maintaining separate households / they are separated
Similar:
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
Meaning:
Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
Synonyms:
individual; separate; single
Context examples:
an individual serving / single occupancy / a single bed
Similar:
unshared (not shared)
Meaning:
Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
Context examples:
separate but equal / girls and boys in separate classes
Similar:
segregated; unintegrated (separated or isolated from others or a main group)
Meaning:
Have the connection undone; having become separate
Synonyms:
disjoined; separate
Similar:
unconnected (not joined or linked together)
• SEPARATE (verb)
Meaning:
Act as a barrier between; stand between
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
separate; divide
Context example:
The mountain range divides the two countries
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Force, take, or pull apart
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
separate; disunite; part; divide
Context examples:
He separated the fighting children / Moses parted the Red Sea
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
joint (separate (meat) at the joint)
gin (separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin)
break (separate from a clinch, in boxing)
break up; sever (set or keep apart)
bust; rupture; snap; tear (separate or cause to separate abruptly)
tear (to separate or be separated by force)
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
disconnect (make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten)
disarticulate; disjoint (separate at the joints)
disjoin; disjoint (make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of)
isolate; keep apart; sequester; sequestrate; set apart (set apart from others)
polarise; polarize (cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions)
compartmentalise; compartmentalize; cut up (separate into isolated compartments or categories)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Mark as different
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
secernate; secern; distinguish; differentiate; severalise; severalize; tell apart; separate; tell
Context example:
We distinguish several kinds of maple
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
identify; place (recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something)
"Separate" entails doing...:
compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
contradistinguish (distinguish by contrasting qualities)
decouple; dissociate (regard as unconnected)
demarcate (separate clearly and as if by boundaries)
discriminate; separate; single out (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)
stratify (divide society into social classes or castes)
severalise; severalize (distinguish or separate)
contrast (put in opposition to show or emphasize differences)
individualise; individualize (make or mark or treat as individual)
know (be able to distinguish, recognize as being different)
discriminate; know apart (recognize or perceive the difference)
label (distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions)
label (distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom)
sex (tell the sex (of young chickens))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Separate into parts or portions
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
carve up; dissever; divide; split; split up; separate
Context examples:
divide the cake into three equal parts / The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
Balkanise; Balkanize (divide a territory into small, hostile states)
canton (divide into cantons, of a country)
paragraph (divide into paragraphs, as of text)
sliver; splinter (divide into slivers or splinters)
parcel (divide into parts)
lot (divide into lots, as of land, for example)
unitise; unitize (divide (bulk material) and process as units)
triangulate (divide into triangles or give a triangular form to)
sectionalise; sectionalize (divide into sections, especially into geographic sections)
format; initialise; initialize (divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data)
subdivide (divide into smaller and smaller pieces)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Come apart
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
part; divide; separate
Context example:
The two pieces that we had glued separated
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
reduce (undergo meiosis)
section; segment (divide into segments)
partition; partition off (divide into parts, pieces, or sections)
discerp; dismember; take apart (divide into pieces)
gerrymander (divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts)
segment (divide or split up)
segregate (divide from the main body or mass and collect)
come away; come off; detach (come to be detached)
disjoin; disjoint (become separated, disconnected or disjoint)
break away; break off; chip; chip off; come off (break off (a piece from a whole))
break up; calve (release ice)
polarise; polarize (become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation)
subdivide (form into subdivisions)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Divide into components or constituents
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Separate the wheat from the chaff
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
fractionate (obtain by a fractional process)
fractionate (separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents)
sieve; sift; strain (separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements)
wash (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))
avulse (separate by avulsion)
extract (separate (a metal) from an ore)
filter; filter out; filtrate; separate out; strain (remove by passing through a filter)
card; tease (separate the fibers of)
macerate (separate into constituents by soaking)
peptise; peptize (disperse in a medium into a colloidal state)
dialyse; dialyze (separate by dialysis)
break down; break up; decompose (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Arrange or order by classes or categories
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
sort out; classify; class; sort; assort; separate
Context example:
How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
categorise; categorize (place into or assign to a category)
"Separate" entails doing...:
compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
count; number (put into a group)
grade (determine the grade of or assign a grade to)
group (arrange into a group or groups)
pigeonhole; stamp; stereotype (treat or classify according to a mental stereotype)
dichotomise; dichotomize (divide into two opposing groups or kinds)
size (sort according to size)
reclassify (classify anew, change the previous classification)
refer (think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another)
isolate (separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them)
catalog; catalogue (make an itemized list or catalog of; classify)
unitise; unitize (separate or classify into units)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Become separated into pieces or fragments
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
come apart; break; fall apart; split up; separate
Context examples:
The figurine broke / The freshly baked loaf fell apart
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
crush (become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure)
break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)
crack; snap (break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension)
ladder; run (come unraveled or undone as if by snagging)
smash (break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow)
burst; bust (break open or apart suddenly and forcefully)
puncture (be pierced or punctured)
break open; burst; split (break open or apart suddenly)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make a division or separation
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
divide; separate
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
close off; shut off (isolate or separate)
detach (separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment)
rail; rail off (separate with a railing)
break up; dispel; disperse; dissipate; scatter (to cause to separate and go in different directions)
break (destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments)
partition; zone (separate or apportion into sections)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
part; break up; split; split up; separate; break
Context examples:
The business partners broke over a tax question / The couple separated after 25 years of marriage / My friend and I split up
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
break; break away (interrupt a continued activity)
break away; secede; splinter (withdraw from an organization or communion)
divorce; split up (get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage)
break with (end a relationship)
disassociate; disjoint; dissociate; disunite; divorce (part; cease or break association with)
break apart; disunify (break up or separate)
give the axe; give the bounce; give the gate (terminate a relationship abruptly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Go one's own way; move apart
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
part; split; separate
Context example:
The friends separated after the party
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
diffract (undergo diffraction)
break up (come apart)
disperse; dissipate; scatter; spread out (move away from each other)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Treat differently on the basis of sex or race
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
discriminate; single out; separate
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
redline (discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood)
segregate (separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation)
hive off (remove from a group and make separate)
insulate; isolate (place or set apart)
disadvantage; disfavor; disfavour (put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
furcate; branch; fork; ramify; separate
Context example:
The road forks
Hypernyms (to "separate" is one way to...):
diverge (move or draw apart)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "separate"):
arborise; arborize (branch out like trees)
twig (branch out in a twiglike manner)
bifurcate (divide into two branches)
trifurcate (divide into three)
Sentence frame:
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