separate
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- n a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
- n a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
- v act as a barrier between; stand between
- v force, take, or pull apart
He separated the fighting children - v mark as different
- v separate into parts or portions
- v divide into components or constituents
- v arrange or order by classes or categories
- v make a division or separation
- v discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage - v go one's own way; move apart
The friends separated after the party - v become separated into pieces or fragments
- v treat differently on the basis of sex or race
- v come apart
The two pieces that we had glued separated - v divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- a independent; not united or joint
a problem consisting of two separate issues
they went their separate ways
formed a separate church - s standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
a house with a separate garage - s separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
separate but equal
girls and boys in separate classes - s have the connection undone; having become separate
- There were separate schools for blacks and whites, separate restaurants, separate hotels, separate drinking fountains and separate baseball leagues.
- Although they have separate necks and heads, separate hearts, stomachs and spinal cords, they share a bloodstream and all organs below the waist.
- About $500 billion resides in separate accounts.