separate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɛp.ɚˌeɪt/ (Canada, General-American) rhotic, also
- /ˈsɛpˌɹeɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈsɛp.əˌɹeɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈsɛp.əˌɹæɪt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English separaten (“to separate”), from separat (“separated”) + -en, from Latin sēparātus, perfect passive participle of sēparō (“to separate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from sē- (“apart”) + parō (“prepare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English scēadan (whence English shed). Doublet of sever, also derived from the same Latin verb.
Meanings
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(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
Separate the articles from the headings.
The mesosphere may be described as the earth's intermediate or middle atmosphere, which separates the thermosphere above from the ozonosphere (or stratosphere) below, both of which are responsible for absorption of most of the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation and preventing it from reaching the earth's surface.
2008, Kshudiram Saha, The Earth's Atmosphere: Its Physics and Dynamics, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 102:Ant taxonomists have decided that anything that's worth separating should be separated at the species level, and have no truck with subspecies at all. Butterfly taxonomists, however, like the triple-barrelled name approach and dote on subspecies. As a result, the numbers of ant species and butterfly species are not directly comparable.
2007 March 14, Emma Marris, “The Species and the Specious”, in Nature, number 446:
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(transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
From the fine gold I separate the allay [alloy].
1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry:There must be some deep-rooted anti-social principle in every man's nature, so dearly does he love aught that separates him from his kind; or is it but one of the many shapes taken by that mental kaleidoscope, vanity, the varying and the glittering, the desire of distinction, sinking into that of notice?
1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, page 66:Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 8:35:
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(transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes.
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(intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.
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(obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| separated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| separated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| seperate | alternative, archaic, misspelling | lexicographic | |
| separating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| separates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
separatism · separate out · separatory · separationism · separate the men from the boys · separable · separase · separate the wheat from the chaff · electroseparate · separatee · separatability · enantioseparate · separatist · separation · separational · reseparate · separationist · separate the sheep from the goats · separately · lift and separate · separatable · separatical · separature
Relateds
Synonyms
allocate · sepose · put aside · assign · disintegrate · break down · detach · split · sever · divide · part · disunite · dispart · pick off · partition · earmark · disaggregate · sequester · single out · split up · discerp · disintegrate · divvy up · peel off · separate · dedicate · sepose · set apart · secernate · disunify · divorce · divide · decide · disassemble · unjoin · separate · sunder · earmark · discriminate · secern · fall apart · split · dissever · piecemeal · set aside · partition · designate · appropriate · split up · come apart · rescind · shelve · disjoin · section · becut · differentiate · tear apart · preselect
Translations (206)
pl oddzielić (to disunite, disconnect) · mfe separe (to cause to be separate) · nl scheiden (to disunite, disconnect) · pl separować (to disunite, disconnect) · clt che (to divide into separate parts) · mi tiriwā (to disunite, disconnect) · es cisionar (to divide into separate parts) · ro despărți (to disunite, disconnect) · ia separar (to disunite, disconnect) · mi wawao (to cause to be separate) · ja 分離する (to disunite, disconnect) · mi tautoko (to disunite, disconnect) · pl separować (to cause to be separate) · be аддзялі́ць (to disunite, disconnect) · fi jakaa (to divide into separate parts) · ko 분리(分離)되다 (to divide itself) · ang tōdǣlan (to disunite, disconnect) · it separare (to disunite, disconnect) · hu elkülönít (to cause to be separate) · mww cais (to divide into separate parts) · ro separa (to divide itself) · te వేరు చేయు (to cause to be separate) · ia separar (to cause to be separate) · ru отдели́ть (to disunite, disconnect) · hy բաժանել (to disunite, disconnect) · af skei (to disunite, disconnect) · gd eadar-dhealaich (to disunite, disconnect) · es disatraer (to cause to be separate) · uk відділя́тися (to divide itself) · az ayırmaq (to cause to be separate) · ang āsundrian (to divide into separate parts) · es separarse (to divide itself) · nl schiften (to divide itself) · az ayırmaq (to disunite, disconnect) · ang ġetwǣfan (to cause to be separate) · ru разлуча́ть (to cause to be separate) · de scheiden (to disunite, disconnect) · sv skilja (to cause to be separate) · la dīvidō (to divide into separate parts) · sv söndra (to divide itself) · af deel (to disunite, disconnect) · hu elkülönül (to divide itself) · hu elválaszt (to disunite, disconnect) · txb putk- (to disunite, disconnect) · ml വേർതിരിക്കുക (to divide into separate parts) · pt separar (to disunite, disconnect) · bg разделям (to divide into separate parts) · cmn 隔 (to disunite, disconnect) · az bölmək (to divide into separate parts) · hy բաժանել (to cause to be separate) · rup dispartu (to disunite, disconnect) · gl escabardar (to divide itself) · ka დაცილება (to disunite, disconnect) · lv sadalīties (to divide itself) · es separar (to cause to be separate) · cmn 分開 /分开 (to disunite, disconnect) · nl scheiden (to divide itself) · gd eadar-dhealaich (to cause to be separate) · ang ġetwǣfan (to disunite, disconnect) · ru разъединя́ть (to cause to be separate) · mi iheu (to divide into separate parts) · mi whakawehe (to cause to be separate) · uk розділя́ти (to cause to be separate) · izh eroittaa (to divide into separate parts) · ro despărți (to cause to be separate) · ary فْرق (to disunite, disconnect) · te వేరు చేయు (to disunite, disconnect) · fi erottaa (to divide into separate parts) · gl escabildarse (to divide itself) · hu szeparál (to cause to be separate) · ml വേർതിരിക്കുക (to cause to be separate) · cmn 分離 /分离 (to disunite, disconnect) · ka გამოყოფა (to disunite, disconnect) · el χωρίζω (to disunite, disconnect) · bg разглобявам (to disunite, disconnect) · nl zich verdelen (to divide itself) · sv dela (to divide itself) · fr se séparer (to divide itself) · fi erottaa (to disunite, disconnect) · ka დაშლა (to disunite, disconnect) · de auseinanderfallen (to divide itself) · pl oddzielać (to disunite, disconnect) · mi wehe (to divide into separate parts) · tl ihiwalay (to divide into separate parts) · bg отделям (to cause to be separate) · fr séparer (to cause to be separate) · gl atagallarse (to divide itself) · gl arredar (to cause to be separate) · da adskille (to cause to be separate) · fi erottaa (to cause to be separate) · it dividere (to divide into separate parts) · mi īheuheu (to disunite, disconnect) · oc separar (to disunite, disconnect) · sv dela (to cause to be separate) · de absondern (to cause to be separate) · da afsondre (to cause to be separate) · tr ayırmak (to cause to be separate) · sv splittra (to divide itself) · gl separar (to cause to be separate) · te విడిపోవు (to divide itself) · cs oddělit (to disunite, disconnect) · cs oddělovat (to disunite, disconnect) · ba айырыу (to disunite, disconnect) · ja 分かれる (to divide itself) · hy տրոհել (to disunite, disconnect) · ky айыруу (to divide into separate parts) · gl xebrar (to divide into separate parts) · ru разделя́ться (to divide itself) · af verdeel (to cause to be separate) · ro separa (to disunite, disconnect) · hy առանձնացնել (to cause to be separate) · gl xebrar (to disunite, disconnect) · uk розділя́тися (to divide itself) · clt che (to disunite, disconnect) · ml വേർതിരിയുക (to divide itself) · es apartar (to cause to be separate) · es separar (to divide into separate parts) · ga deighil (to disunite, disconnect) · ka ჩამოშორება (to disunite, disconnect) · ko 분리(分離)하다 (to disunite, disconnect) · hy առանձնացնել (to disunite, disconnect) · no avsondre (to cause to be separate) · be аддзяля́ць (to disunite, disconnect) · sv avskilja (to cause to be separate) · tr ayırmak (to disunite, disconnect) · gl xebrarse (to divide itself) · uk відокре́млювати (to disunite, disconnect) · de trennen (to disunite, disconnect) · eo malkuniĝi (to divide itself) · tr bölmek (to divide itself) · mi īheuheu (to divide into separate parts) · ca separar (to disunite, disconnect) · nci xeloa (to disunite, disconnect) · nl scheiden (to cause to be separate) · da adskille (to disunite, disconnect) · ka მოშორება (to disunite, disconnect) · de unterscheiden (to cause to be separate) · uk відокре́мити (to disunite, disconnect) · pox afstöŕăl (to divide into separate parts) · uk відокре́млюватися (to divide itself) · qu haytarakuy (to divide itself) · pt separar (to cause to be separate) · nrf s'pather (to disunite, disconnect) · ca separar (to cause to be separate) · ga scaoil i (to disunite, disconnect) · es separar (to disunite, disconnect) · hu szeparál (to disunite, disconnect) · af verdeel (to disunite, disconnect) · gl xebrar (to cause to be separate) · pt separar-se (to divide itself) · gl arredarse (to divide itself) · nmn khàla (to disunite, disconnect) · nmn khàla (to cause to be separate) · gl separar (to disunite, disconnect) · nci caltechoa (to disunite, disconnect) · el κόβω (to divide itself) · gl estrombar (to divide itself) · wa schåyî (to disunite, disconnect) · af skei (to cause to be separate) · ml വേർതിരിക്കുക (to disunite, disconnect) · uk відділи́ти (to disunite, disconnect) · ka განცალკევება (to disunite, disconnect) · nl afzonderen (to cause to be separate) · af skei (to divide itself) · eo apartigi (to cause to be separate) · txb putk- (to divide into separate parts) · hy անջատել (to cause to be separate) · uk відділя́ти (to disunite, disconnect) · bg разлагам (to disunite, disconnect) · hu elkülönít (to disunite, disconnect) · fa جدایدن (to divide into separate parts) · grc μερίζω (to divide into separate parts) · he הפריד (to divide into separate parts) · sid bada (to disunite, disconnect) · ro separa (to cause to be separate) · ar فَصَلَ (to disunite, disconnect) · ru разделя́ть (to cause to be separate) · sah атыр (to divide into separate parts) · nrf s'pather (to cause to be separate) · id memisahkan (to cause to be separate) · oc separar (to cause to be separate) · de separieren (to cause to be separate) · de sich trennen (to divide itself) · mi īheuheu (to cause to be separate) · grc χωρίζω (to disunite, disconnect) · ru отделя́ть (to disunite, disconnect) · sv skilja (to disunite, disconnect) · ang tōdǣlan (to cause to be separate) · fr séparer (to disunite, disconnect) · ja 切り離す (to disunite, disconnect) · no skille (to cause to be separate) · mfe separe (to divide into separate parts) · de separieren (to disunite, disconnect) · it separare (to divide into separate parts) · pl rozdzielać (to cause to be separate) · eo malkunigi (to cause to be separate) · sv dela (to disunite, disconnect) · sv avskilja (to disunite, disconnect) · mi wawao (to cause to be separate) · la sēiungō (to divide into separate parts) · es disgregar (to cause to be separate) · pl rozdzielić (to cause to be separate) · fi erottua (to divide itself) · eo malkunigi (to disunite, disconnect) · pdt scheeden (to disunite, disconnect) · ja 別れる (to divide itself)