Separate - English meaning

adjective

(of a country or region) having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs.

Usage examples:

The federation included sixteen autonomous republics

adjective

Independent and having the power to make decisions for yourself

Usage examples:

The company's divisions, which have been largely autonomous up to now, will be centralized under th…

adjective

Independent and having the power to make your own decisions

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Usage examples:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Usage examples:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

adjective

Separate or disconnected.

Usage examples:

A four-bedroomed detached house

verb

Disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.

Usage examples:

He detached the front lamp from its bracket

adjective

Not emotionally involved in a situation

Usage examples:

As a writer, he took the role of a detached observer of life., their new house has a detached garage.

adjective

Not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality.

Usage examples:

You can play this game in different ways

adjective

Not the same

Usage examples:

Monet and other impressionists painted the same scene at different times of day to discover how the…

adjective

Used when you think someone or something is unusual or shows bad judgment

Usage examples:

What do i think of your purple shoes? well, they're certainly different.

verb

Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.

Usage examples:

Children can differentiate the past from the present

verb

To show or find the difference between one thing and another, or between things that are compared

Usage examples:

[ t ] what differentiates wheat from other crops is that it is almost exclusively used as a food pr…

verb

To show how a product or company is different from other similar ones and what its advantages are, especially in order to attract a particular group of consumers

Usage examples:

Differentiate sth from sth the company wanted a website that would differentiate them from their co…

adjective

Having had a connection broken.

Usage examples:

He expected the disconnected phone to start ringing

verb

Break the connection of or between.

Usage examples:

If the axle unit is partially disconnected from the body, the car should not be driven

adjective

Not related, or not having any clear purpose or pattern

Usage examples:

These are disconnected events, of no wider significance., disconnected thoughts, we have become dis…

adjective

Individually separate and distinct.

Usage examples:

Speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discrete units

adjective

Having an independent existence or form apart from other similar things; separate

Usage examples:

This area has four discrete neighborhoods centered around a school.

adjective

Clearly separate or different in shape or form

Usage examples:

These small companies now have their own discrete identity.

adjective

Essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.

Usage examples:

They inhabit disparate worlds of thought

noun

Things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.

Usage examples:

The second class of disparates have more to do with the particular foibles of the aperture involved.

adjective

Different in every way

Usage examples:

German newspapers have carried reports of sightings in such disparate places as switzerland, iran, …

verb

(especially in abstract contexts) disconnect or separate.

Usage examples:

The word ‘spiritual’ has become for many dissociated from religion

verb

To consider as separate and not related

Usage examples:

Dissociate someone/something from someone/something i can't dissociate the man from his political o…

adjective

Recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type.

Usage examples:

The patterns of spoken language are distinct from those of writing

adjective

Clearly separate and different

Usage examples:

The two languages are quite distinct from each other., the dogs are of distinct breeds., there’s a …

adjective

Clearly noticeable; that certainly exists

Usage examples:

There's a distinct smell of cigarettes in here.

verb

Recognize or treat (someone or something) as different.

Usage examples:

The child is perfectly capable of distinguishing reality from fantasy

verb

To recognize or understand the difference between two things, or to provide a quality that makes someone or something different or special

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] it’s important to distinguish between scientific fact and fiction., [ t ] s…

verb

To notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem different from another

Usage examples:

Distinguish between he's colour-blind and can't distinguish (the difference) between red and green …

verb

Separate or be separated into parts.

Usage examples:

Consumer magazines can be divided into a number of categories

noun

A difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension.

Usage examples:

There was still a profound cultural divide between the parties

verb

To separate into parts or groups, or to cause something to separate in such a way

Usage examples:

[ t ] divide the cake into six equal parts., [ i ] the votes divided equally for and against the pr…

adjective

No longer married because the marriage has been legally dissolved.

Usage examples:

A divorced couple

verb

Legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone).

Usage examples:

She divorced him in 1965

adjective

Married in the past but not now married

Usage examples:

She's divorced., they got divorced after only six months of marriage., sometimes politicians seem t…

adjective

Free from outside control; not subject to another's authority.

Usage examples:

An independent nuclear deterrent

noun

An independent person or body.

Usage examples:

One of the few independents left in the music business

adjective

Not influenced or controlled by other people but free to make your own decisions

Usage examples:

An independent thinker, congress called for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigat…

adjective

Single; separate.

Usage examples:

Individual tiny flowers

noun

A single human being as distinct from a group.

Usage examples:

Boat trips for parties and individuals

noun

A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

Usage examples:

We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

noun

A person or thing that has been or become isolated.

Usage examples:

Social isolates often become careless of their own welfare

verb

Place or set apart

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

adjective

Used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class.

Usage examples:

The action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies

noun

A detail.

Usage examples:

He is wrong in every particular

adjective

Special or single, or this and not any other

Usage examples:

Is there a particular restaurant you’d like to eat at?, what in particular (= special things) did y…

idiom

To not use something, especially an amount of money, in order to keep it for later use

Usage examples:

We have put some money on one side for next year's summer holiday.

verb

Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

Usage examples:

Customs officials removed documents from the premises

noun

A degree of remoteness or separation.

Usage examples:

At this remove, the whole incident seems insane

adjective

Belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things.

Usage examples:

They chatted about their respective childhoods

adjective

Relating or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have just mentioned

Usage examples:

Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we'd go to our respective classes.…

verb

Set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide.

Usage examples:

Apprehensions about groups segregated from the rest of society

noun

An allele that has undergone segregation.

adjective

Separate or respective.

Usage examples:

Harmony resulted from this distinct recognition of their several responsibilities

determiner & pronoun

More than two but not many.

Usage examples:

The author of several books

adjective

(of an amount or number) more than two and fewer than many; some

Usage examples:

I’ve seen "star wars" several times., several in the building have complained about the fumes.

verb

Split apart.

Usage examples:

A universe sundered ages ago in a divine war

verb

To break something apart

Usage examples:

The last few bubbles rose from the sundered ship.

adjective

Not joined together or to something else.

Usage examples:

The earth wire was left unconnected

adjective

Not connected; not related

Usage examples:

It's no longer possible to argue that crime is unconnected with unemployment., a series of apparent…

adjective

Not related or linked.

Usage examples:

Unrelated facts

adjective

Not having a connection

Usage examples:

His answer was completely unrelated to my question.