·

separate (EN)
adjective, verb

adjective “separate”

separate, non-gradable
  1. not physically connected
    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”

separate; he separates; past separated, part. separated; ger. separating
  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.