To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
To cause (things or people) to be separate.
If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes.
Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
Not together (with); not united (to).
Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.
French taffeta evening separates – a puffball skirt, and a ruffled blouse – were pressed flat to drag them up to date.
From Middle English separaten (“to separate”), from separat (“separated”) + -en, from Latin sēparātus, perfect passive participle of sēparō (“to separate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from sē- (...
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I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers.