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separate [a]

1)	independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"

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abstracted apart asunder detached discrete disjoint disjunct divided independent individual other segregated unshared separation joint isolable

2)	individual and distinct; "pegged down each separate branch to the earth"; "a gift for every single child"

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single

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individual

3)	standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"

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freestanding

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detached

4)	not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"

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apart separated

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divided

5)	characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

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individual single

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unshared

6)	separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"

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segregated

7)	have the connection undone; having become separate

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disjoined

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unconnected

separate [n]

1)	a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

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offprint reprint

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article reissue

2)	a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

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garment

separate [v]

1)	act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"

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divide

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divide divider

2)	force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

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disunite divide part

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divide displace separation compartmentalise polarise isolate disjoin disarticulate disconnect cut tear joint gin break break_up bust

3)	mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

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differentiate distinguish secern secernate severalise severalize tell tell_apart

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compare identify departure difference differentiation differentiator know discriminate label label sex individualise contrast severalise contradistinguish decouple demarcate discriminate stratify

4)	separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

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carve_up dissever divide split split_up

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change_integrity split division divider divider divider unify subdivide format sectionalise triangulate unitise lot parcel sliver paragraph canton balkanise

5)	come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

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divide part

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change breakup subdivide polarise break_up break_away disjoin come_away segregate segment reduce section partition discerp gerrymander

6)	divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

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change_integrity separation centrifuge break_down dialyse peptise macerate card filter extract fractionate fractionate sieve wash avulse

7)	arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

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assort class classify sort sort_out

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categorise compare assortment form sort sorter sorter sorting category class class class categorisation categorisation classifier unitise catalog isolate refer reclassify size dichotomise pigeonhole group grade count

8)	become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

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break come_apart fall_apart split_up

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change_integrity break break break break_down break_open puncture burst smash ladder break crack break_up crush

9)	make a division or separation

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divide

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division partition break break_up rail detach close_off

10)

discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

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break break_up part split split_up

11)

go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"

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part split

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move schism farewell separation disperse break_up diffract

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treat differently on the basis of sex or race

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discriminate single_out

13)

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

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branch fork furcate ramify

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diverge forking branching branch ramification branch branch_out branch arborise twig bifurcate trifurcate

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