I.
verb
1 move/keep people/things apart
ADVERB
▪ completely
▪ carefully
▪ clearly
▪
These two branches of the science have now become clearly ~d.
▪ effectively
▪ easily
▪
One cannot easily ~ moral, social and political issues.
▪ formally
▪ legally
▪ mechanically
▪
Mechanically ~d meat made from cattle and sheep has now been banned.
▪ geographically , physically , spatially
VERB + SEPARATE
▪ attempt to , try to
▪ be difficult to , be hard to , be impossible to
▪
It was impossible to ~ the rival fans.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
The boys are ~d from the girls.
▪ into
▪
I ~d the documents into two piles.
PHRASES
▪ sharply ~d , totally ~d , widely ~d
▪
The disciplines of science and engineering are not always sharply ~d.
▪
an island resort totally ~d from the mainland
▪
The two groups became widely ~d.
▪
The two populations are widely ~d geographically.
2 stop living together
ADVERB
▪ legally
▪ recently
▪
He had recently ~d from his wife.
▪ forcibly
▪
Slave parents were forcibly ~d from their children.
VERB + SEPARATE
▪ decide to
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
She is ~d from her husband.
Separate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ chasm , ↑ divide , ↑ gap , ↑ gulf , ↑ line , ↑ partition , ↑ strait , ↑ wall
Separate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ egg , ↑ strand , ↑ twin
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become
▪ remain
▪ keep sb/sth
▪
The women are kept ~ from the men.
▪ consider sth
ADVERB
▪ somewhat , very
▪
I kept my two lives very ~.
▪ essentially , largely
▪
The two groups are essentially ~ and independent.
▪ completely , entirely , quite , totally , wholly
▪
The waste water is kept entirely ~ from the rainwater.
▪ apparently
▪ previously
▪
to merge the two previously ~ businesses
▪ geographically , physically
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
a lifestyle which is quite ~ from that of her parents
PHRASES
▪ go your ~ ways
▪
They decided to go their ~ ways after being together for five years.
Separate is used with these nouns: ↑ account , ↑ bedroom , ↑ category , ↑ compartment , ↑ component , ↑ cubicle , ↑ direction , ↑ discipline , ↑ entity , ↑ entrance , ↑ existence , ↑ identity , ↑ incident , ↑ occasion , ↑ part , ↑ property , ↑ section , ↑ sheet , ↑ sphere , ↑ strand , ↑ volume , ↑ way