SEPARATED


Meaning of SEPARATED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sepəreɪtɪd ]

1.

Someone who is separated from their wife or husband lives apart from them, but is not divorced.

Most single parents are either divorced or separated...

Tristan had been separated from his wife for two years.

ADJ : v-link ADJ , oft ADJ from n

2.

If you are separated from someone, for example your family, you are not able to be with them.

The idea of being separated from him, even for a few hours, was torture...

ADJ : oft ADJ from n

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