🚪 Not connected 👋 To move apart ✂️ To divide 🗂️ To sort 🏫 Kept apart 🚫 To discriminate 👗 A single garment 📄 A reprint

separate

1 8.4

A copy of an article printed on its own from a book or journal

noun
/ˈsɛpəˌreɪt/

Jargon

: separata

Examples

Just to have more separates.

Blog text (14)
The fashion magazine featured a beautiful collection of separates that included various tops and bottoms perfect for mixing and matching.
She wore her favorite separates to the party, showcasing her unique style with a floral blouse and solid-colored skirt.
This catalog presents a range of separates designed to complement any wardrobe, allowing for versatile outfit combinations.

Synonyms

reprint

vsseparate

5 3.9

A single article printed on its own after it first appeared in a journal

is narrower, focusing on articles originally in larger works and often issued independently

offprint

vsseparate

Archaic

9.2

A copy of an article printed separately from a book or journal

emphasizes independent distribution rather than remaining inside the original publication

separatum

vsseparate

Formal

9.9

A printed copy of an article that comes from a larger book or journal

is the general publishing term used beyond academic or technical contexts

Idioms

to go their separate ways

8 3.9

Stop being together and take different paths in life

to separate the wheat from the chaff

Informal

3 6.6

To pick out useful people or things from those that are not

How Attached

annexure

8.1

addendum

16 7.1

attachment

Texting

12 2.8

separate

Jargon

1 8.4

Surface Forms

separate singular

separates plural

Etymology

Separate comes from the Latin separare, where se- means 'apart' and the rest means 'part'. A separate (noun) is something 'taken apart' from a larger work, so it can be given out or read on its own.