SEPARATE


Meaning of SEPARATE in English

I. verb

1.

to become or cause to become disunited or disjoined

forces that separate families

Synonyms: break up, dichotomize, disjoin, disjoint, dissect, dissever, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, split (up), sunder, uncombine

Related Word: alienate, discontinue, disunify, estrange; dislink, uncouple, unjoin, unlink; disaggregate, disassemble, disgregate, dispel, disperse, dissolve, scatter; detach, disengage, disrelate, dissociate; halve, quarter

Contrasted words: assemble, associate, blend, mingle, mix; connect, couple, join, link; unify, unite; agglutinate, bind, cement, fuse, weld

Antonyms: combine

2.

Synonyms: know 4, difference, differentiate, discern, discrepate, discriminate, distinguish, extricate, sever, severalize

3.

Synonyms: sort 2, comb, sift, winnow

Related Word: compartment, compartmentalize

4.

Synonyms: discharge 7, ||demob, demobilize, muster out

5.

Synonyms: isolate , close off, cut off, enisle, insulate, island, segregate, sequester

II. adjective

1.

Synonyms: single 2, lone, one, only, particular, sole, solitary, unique

Related Word: distinctive, peculiar; detached, disconnected, disengaged

2.

Synonyms: free 1, autarchic, autarkic, autonomous, independent, sovereign

3.

Synonyms: distinct 1, different, discrete, diverse, several, various

Related Word: free, independent

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