separable
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- adjective
- /ˈsɛpəreɪbəl/
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separable
- However, ideas, like equations, should be separable from the individuals, groups, and nations who developed them.
- entirely separable
- clearly separable
- completely separable
All of us have imaginations, but our imaginations are separable from us.
- All of us have imaginations, but our imaginations are separable from us.
- Overall, the aspect I liked about this card was how easily separable the shroud was from the rest of it.
- I'm saying that that plays a major role because that repression of emotions, again, the emotions are not separable from our Physiology.
- And I just think these are somewhat separable things.
- The second thing that's really important is that darkness at night is a separable but also important component.
- So when one one is holistic meaning is not made of separable part.
- In some cases separable, but not always into its connected, interconnected moments, the things that make it what it is.
Examples
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For my parents, the personal Christian life was not separable from concerns for peace and justice.
Academic text (2014) -
Or the oil and gas rights are separable from the surface rights and many people do not understand this.
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But to be modern without becoming more Western is difficult; the two are not wholly separable.
Academic text (2000) -
Foremost, perhaps, is democracy, though it is not clearly separable from associated objectives such as human rights.
Academic text (1993) -
Overall, the aspect I liked about this card was how easily separable the shroud was from the rest of it.
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Theory and practice, or ends and means, were thought to be intelligible and separable.
Academic text (2001) -
Thus, satisfaction with the time and money available for such pursuits is separable from everyday satisfaction with position and tasks.
Academic text (1994) -
The visual and kinesthetic aspects of these dancing bodies were now conceived as necessarily separable.
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Two issues, analytically separable but also partially linked, came to dominate the North-South debate.
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The components of the machine are separable, allowing for easy repair and maintenance.
Synonyms
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Part of something that can be removed from the rest, for example a clause in a contract
Able to be separated or treated as separate from something else
Can be separated from other things
Able to be divided from other things and kept on its own
Able to be divided into parts
Able to be separated into smaller parts
Antonyms
How Separable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Separable comes from the root separ- meaning 'to part' and the ending -able meaning 'can be'. So something separable is 'able to be put apart', which is why we call ideas or things separable when you can treat their parts on their own.