Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
apart from; not connected to:
followed by "from": not together with:
Русский
By meaning 2
apart from; not connected to:
followed by "from": not together with:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
apart from; not connected to:

Examples

523 sentences

  1. We must separate politics from religion.

    Ми повинні відокремлювати політику від релігії. — deniko

    ruМы должны отделять политику от религии. — odexed

    deWir müssen Politik und Religion trennen. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Our teacher separated us into two groups.

    Вчитель розділив нас на дві групи. — aandrusiak

    ruНаш учитель поделил нас на две группы. — odexed

    deUnser Lehrer teilte uns in zwei Gruppen ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Do you two have separate bank accounts?

    У тебе є два окремих банківських рахунки? — deniko

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Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

    This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.

    einzeln, getrennt, separat

    отде́льныйotdélʹnyj, обосо́бленныйobosóblennyj

    окре́мийokrémyj

    standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

  2. (not comparable)Not together (with); not united (to).

    I try to keep my personal life separate from work.

    getrennt, separat

    разде́льныйrazdélʹnyj

    розді́льнийrozdílʹnyj

Origin

From Middle English separat, see -ate (“adjective-forming suffix”) and Etymology 1 for mor

From Middle English separat, see -ate (“adjective-forming suffix”) and Etymology 1 for more.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything:freestanding
  • have the connection undone; having become separate:disjoined

Antonyms

6 antonyms
coherentB2conjunctindistinctjoinedunified
joint

Word family

16 related words
RelatedseparationB1divideA2asunderdivisibleseparateness
Derivedinseparatenonseparatesemiseparateseparate coverseparate estateseparate maintenanceseparate opinionseparate peaceseparate schoolseptelunseparate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sentimentalitysentinelsentryseparatelyB2separationB1separatismseparatist

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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