noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
enforced absence/separation etc
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a period of enforced isolation
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
clear
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In a company this is interpreted as the absence of a clear separation between strategy and implementation.
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If you must, then it is crucial to set up a clear separation .
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There was a clear separation between the Cabinet and Mrs Thatcher in the minds of many Conservative activists and observers.
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Bottle-wrack, on the other hand, makes a clear separation between growth and reproduction.
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So it should be clear that the separation of husband and wife has nothing to do with infertility of the woman.
complete
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But the great change is that nowadays there is a complete separation of children of different classes.
formal
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Beveridge made proposals for a separation benefit, to be paid only in cases of formal separation not caused by the wife.
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A large minority favors formal separation .
long
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They were convinced there should be no long periods of separation .
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Diana and Charles were divorced last year after a long , bitter separation .
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The researchers questioned whether parents of premature infants suffered from deprivation due to their long physical separation from their hospitalized infants.
physical
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The first physical separation must later be followed by a psychological separation so that the child can become an independent adult.
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This means that physical separation of the free labeled antigen from the antibody-bound labeled antigen is not necessary for measurement.
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The mere physical separation of personnel can be a real source of frustration.
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The researchers questioned whether parents of premature infants suffered from deprivation due to their long physical separation from their hospitalized infants.
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Despite its physical separation from the continuously built up conurbation, Cramlington is now socially a part of Tyneside.
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Fear about the spread of infection accounted for the physical separation of the obstetrical and pediatric divisions in large general hospitals.
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But we identify with this physical separation even at a mental and spiritual level, where such separation has begun to dissolve.
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However, the physical separation , differences in jargon, and differences in mode of operation present yet a third communication gap.
strict
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Quite clearly there is no strict separation of powers in this country today.
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In the absence of mitigating factors the virus is likely to hit a dead end wherever strict role separation is practiced.
total
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What it does is to create an image of total separation expressed in understatement.
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Even on the issue of biblical interpretation, the concept of a total separation would be too crude.
■ NOUN
anxiety
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Much of the patient's psychological disturbances relate to separation anxiety and difficulties with boundaries and identity formation.
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Was diagnosed at two as possibly having separation anxiety or attachment disorder.
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There was no separation anxiety , which in itself is a paradox, involving both the need and the fear of separation.
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The kids with separation anxiety were very likely to have stomachaches or other gastrointestinal problems.
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The owners inadvertently supply another, but in their absence, this crutch isn't there and symptoms of separation anxiety occur.
colour
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Muggins got the colour separations done for that at art school.
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Retouching a means of altering artwork or colour separations to correct faults or enhance the image.
phase
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This was done in order to avoid phase separations during the incubation process.
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As hydrogen bonds are thermally labile a rise in T reduces the number of bonds and causes eventual phase separation .
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The critical composition at which phase separation is first detected is then and which indicates that at infinitely large chain length.
trial
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At the time, what Lissa and I did was supposed to be a trial separation .
■ VERB
achieve
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On screen they had achieved the desired separation .
announce
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Four months later Anne and Mark announced their separation .
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December 9: Buckingham Palace announces the separation .
maintain
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Restrictive rules maintained the separation of these functions and limited Stock Exchange membership and the inflow of capital into existing firms.
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The Air National Guard said the F-16s had maintained proper separation from the civilian plane.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He said he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation might be the answer.
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In the case of separation or divorce, the children's needs should come first.
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Since the separation they've each been seeing different people.
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The worst part of the divorce was the separation from his three children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Failure of a student to maintain a minimum average for two consecutive semesters results in his separation from the university.
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How much worse the separation seemed then! at least for Helenhow much more real.
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In 1965 members of parliament regretted that the separation of children into different types of secondary schools impeded the raising of standards.
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My husband and I are considering a separation .
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The insecurities created by separation in the early and formative years take their toll in adult life.
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The resulting charge separation , is in many ways analogous to photosynthetic charge separation.
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Then comes what is called gravity separation .
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This separation creates inevitable tensions between the team and the consultant, which are inimical to good multidisciplinary work.