adjective “separate”
- not physically connected
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They use separate bathrooms in the morning to get ready faster.
- different, unrelated
This is not the leakage we encountered yesterday; this is a separate problem.
verb “separate”
separate; he separates; past separated, part. separated; ger. separating
- to divide something into different parts
Please separate the clean clothes from the dirty ones.
- to move apart from each other
The teacher asked the two arguing students to separate and sit on opposite sides of the classroom.
- to exist between two entities so they are not touching or connected
A wide river separates the two villages.
- to end a cohabitation with a spouse without being divorced
After ten years of marriage, they decided to separate due to irreconcilable differences.
- to cause to be different from someone or something else
Our ability to reason is what separates us from animals.