separate meaning

Verb: separate  `sepu'reyt

1. Act as a barrier between; stand between
   -

Adjective: separate  sep(u)rut

1. Independent; not united or joint
   "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church" 
2. Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
   "a house with a separate garage"
   - freestanding 
3. Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
   "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes" 
4. Have the connection undone; having become separate
   - disjoined

Noun: separate  sep(u)rut

1. A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
   - offprint, reprint 
2. A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

Derived forms: separated, separating, separates

See also: apart, asunder, detached, discrete, disjoint, disjunct, distinct, divided, fall, independent, individual, isolable, isolated, other, segregated, separated, separately, separateness, separation, separatist, separative, separator, set-apart, single, unaccompanied, unconnected, unintegrated, unshared

Type of: article, categorise [Brit], categorize, change, change integrity, displace, diverge, garment, identify, move, place

Antonym: joint

Encyclopedia: Separate Separate, equal

[Medicine]
vb -rat·ed; -rat·ing vt
1 : to isolate from a mixture : EXTRACT
2 : DISLOCATE ‹separated his shoulder in the last game of the season›
¦ vi : to become isolated from a mixture

Examples

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1. keep these things in a separate place.
2. the trust is separated from the company.
3. the delegates separated with quick good-byes.
4. would you care to have separate checks?
5. politics is the only thing which separates us.