separate (EN)

adjective, verb

adjective “separate”

1. not physically connected
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   They use separate bathrooms in the morning to get ready faster.
2. different, unrelated
   This is not the leakage we encountered yesterday; this is a separate problem.

verb “separate”

1. to divide something into different parts
   Please separate the clean clothes from the dirty ones.
2. to move apart from each other
   The teacher asked the two arguing students to separate and sit on opposite sides of the classroom.
3. to exist between two entities so they are not touching or connected
   A wide river separates the two villages.
4. to end a cohabitation with a spouse without being divorced
   After ten years of marriage, they decided to separate due to irreconcilable differences.
5. to cause to be different from someone or something else
   Our ability to reason is what separates us from animals.