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separate

separate

829 2.1
Not joined to another thing and kept apart
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɛpəˌreɪt/
translation icon : separado
  • The HCAHPS data collection process is separate from data in a patient's medical record.
  • kept separate
  • separate analyses
  • a separate course

And I don't see myself as separate all the time.

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Examples

  • Each department in the company operates as a separate entity with its own budget.

  • We got separate landing sites for each team.

  • And each of these is a separate country here.

  • Or is it completely a separate source?

  • And that is its own separate issue.

  • Then I want a separate green room.

  • Harvard is really the fusion of two separate institutions.

  • Middle school students are working to define themselves as separate from peers and adults.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It is as if they have become two separate worlds.

  • So this is a separate loop for the GPU.

Synonyms

apart
vsseparate
1.0

Not together because of distance, time or different homes

is a broader idea of being not joined rather than stressing distance
distinct
vsseparate
168 3.5

Clearly different from others

is about being not connected or joined rather than simply being different
isolated
vsseparate
56 3.8

Far from other places or people and hard to reach

is a general condition of not being joined, not necessarily remote or far away
discrete
vsseparate
24 6.1

Separate from other things and clearly different

is about standing apart generally rather than counting single units
split
vsseparate
9 4.2

Divided into opposing parts within a group

is the neutral absence of connection rather than a process causing disagreement
unassociated
vsseparate
1 4.9

Not connected or related to something else, like two separate events

is about physical or visible being apart rather than mere lack of relation
uncoupled
vsseparate
1 4.9

Not joined to something it was attached to before

is simply the state of not being joined, without implying prior attachment
set-apart
vsseparate
1 6.7

Feeling separate from other people or different from them

is the neutral absence of connection rather than the feeling of being apart
separated
vsseparate
1.0

Not together with other people, kept apart from them

is a broader neutral state rather than focusing on being kept apart
unjoined
vsseparate
5.6

A person who is not married and lives alone

is a general word for being apart rather than noting marital status
disjoined
vsseparate
7.1

Separated so parts are not connected anymore

is the neutral state of being apart, not the result of undoing a link
discontiguous
vsseparate
8.9

Made of separate parts that do not touch each other

is broader, covering being apart even when parts could touch or form a whole
divided
vsseparate
3.0

Split into groups that do not agree

is a general state of being not connected, not necessarily caused by division
disjunct
vsseparate
  • Specialized
9.9

Found in separate areas as groups that are not connected

is the general idea of not being joined, not the specific population pattern

Antonyms

2.2

Joined as one group and working toward the same goal

571 3.5

Shared by two or more groups

2.5

Joined physically, like rooms that touch, or linked by a shared feeling

Idioms

Stop being together and take different paths in life

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

How Separate

isolated
56 3.8
detached
2 4.3
separate
829 2.1
distinct
168 3.5

Surface Forms

separate positive
separater comparative
separatest superlative

Etymology

Separate comes from the Latin separare, where se- means 'apart' and the rest means 'part'. So separate describes something that stands 'apart' or is not joined to others.