Separate can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| separate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church" | ||
| separate - separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes" | ||
| separate - standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage" | ||
| separate - have the connection undone; having become separate | ||
Verb |
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| separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" | ||
| separate - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" | ||
| separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" | ||
| separate - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" | ||
| separate - make a division or separation | ||
| separate - go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" | ||
| separate - act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" | ||
| separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" | ||
| separate - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" | ||
| separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" | ||
| separate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" | ||
| separate - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" | ||
| separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or race | ||
Noun |
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| separate - a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments | ||
| separate - a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication |
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| 1. | verb | Separate the wheat from the chaff. | |
| 2. | verb | While it's not easy to separate fact from fiction, Attorney General Ashcroft and Director Mueller have publicly confirmed Aafia is still being sought. | |
| 3. | verb | if they bite, and one cries, you must separate them, and you must keep an eye on them. | |
| 4. | verb | if that happens, separate them, and give them time apart. | |
| 5. | verb | If you have the room to separate the male(s) & females(s),& feed them well on live foods, (assuming that you are doing weekly 50% water changes) when you put them together they will leave a lot more eggs. | |
| 6. | verb | They don't just dump your ingredients on and cook either, but carefully separate meat to the hotter parts of the grill and still manage to keep the veggies from turning to mush. | |
| 7. | verb | It is no use trying to separate the sheep from the goats while in a state of madness. | |
| 8. | verb | We cannot separate the sheep from the goats by appearance. | |
| 9. | verb | No one can separate them. | |
| 10. | verb | Certainly there is nothing that will separate people more, and nothing so easy to slip into. | |
| 11. | verb | You cannot separate the milk from the coffee once you put it in. | |
| 12. | verb | You can't separate language from culture. | |
| 13. | verb | I'll show you how to separate gold from sand. | |
| 14. | verb | We must separate politics from religion. | |
| 15. | verb | When we deal with people, it would be wise to try to separate the sheep from the goats without letting them know it. | |
| 16. | adj. | A problem consisting of two separate issues. | |
| 17. | adj. | They went their separate ways. | |
| 18. | adj. | Formed a separate church. | |
| 19. | adj. | Separate but equal. | |
| 20. | adj. | Girls and boys in separate classes. | |
| 21. | adj. | A house with a separate garage. | |
| 22. | adj. | It follows a separate probe claiming that thousands of guns meant for Iraq's police and army instead went to al-Qaeda . | |
| 23. | adj. | A recently released islamist who had been a close associate of Zawahiri said that Zawahiri spent a decade and had made 15 separate attempts to recruit the necessary expertise to weaponize anthrax in Russia and the Middle East. | |
| 24. | adj. | Once one had been received, the next ten, mailed on two separate dates, were easily collected. | |
| 25. | adj. | I see we expect to have separate contracts for each project. | |
| 26. | adj. | WebLogic is required by BackWeb, although it is designed by a separate company. | |
| 27. | adj. | If you do add all the entities, does that mean that we would not need to put in place a separate agreement for ECCL? | |
| 28. | adj. | The Military is not part of the Executive Branch: it is a separate entity. | |
| 29. | adj. | Get six separate pieces of paper and write the following on each piece of paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." | |
| 30. | adj. | Last time castling was 2 separate moves. |
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| verb | |
| Separate the wheat from the chaff. |
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| While it's not easy to separate fact from fiction, Attorney General Ashcroft and Director Mueller have publicly confirmed Aafia is still being sought. |
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| if they bite, and one cries, you must separate them, and you must keep an eye on them. |
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| if that happens, separate them, and give them time apart. |
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| If you have the room to separate the male(s) & females(s),& feed them well on live foods, (assuming that you are doing weekly 50% water changes) when you put them together they will leave a lot more eggs. |
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| They don't just dump your ingredients on and cook either, but carefully separate meat to the hotter parts of the grill and still manage to keep the veggies from turning to mush. |
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| It is no use trying to separate the sheep from the goats while in a state of madness. | |
| We cannot separate the sheep from the goats by appearance. | |
| No one can separate them. | |
| Certainly there is nothing that will separate people more, and nothing so easy to slip into. | |
| You cannot separate the milk from the coffee once you put it in. | |
| You can't separate language from culture. | |
| I'll show you how to separate gold from sand. | |
| We must separate politics from religion. | |
| When we deal with people, it would be wise to try to separate the sheep from the goats without letting them know it. | |
| adj. | |
| A problem consisting of two separate issues. |
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| They went their separate ways. |
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| Formed a separate church. |
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| Separate but equal. |
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| Girls and boys in separate classes. |
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| A house with a separate garage. |
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| It follows a separate probe claiming that thousands of guns meant for Iraq's police and army instead went to al-Qaeda . |
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| A recently released islamist who had been a close associate of Zawahiri said that Zawahiri spent a decade and had made 15 separate attempts to recruit the necessary expertise to weaponize anthrax in Russia and the Middle East. |
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| Once one had been received, the next ten, mailed on two separate dates, were easily collected. |
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| I see we expect to have separate contracts for each project. |
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| WebLogic is required by BackWeb, although it is designed by a separate company. |
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| If you do add all the entities, does that mean that we would not need to put in place a separate agreement for ECCL? |
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| The Military is not part of the Executive Branch: it is a separate entity. |
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| Get six separate pieces of paper and write the following on each piece of paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." |
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| Last time castling was 2 separate moves. |
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