separate
pronunciation
How to pronounce separate in British English:
UK [ˈsepəreɪt]
How to pronounce separate in American English:
US [ˈsepəreɪt]
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- Noun:
- a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
- a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
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- Verb:
- act as a barrier between; stand between
- force, take, or pull apart
- mark as different
- separate into parts or portions
- come apart
- divide into components or constituents
- arrange or order by classes or categories
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- make a division or separation
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own away; move apart
- treat differently on the basis of sex or race
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
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- Adjective:
- independent; not united or joint
- individual and distinct
- standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
- not living together as man and wife
- characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
- separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
- have the connection undone; having become separate
Word Origin
- separate
- separate: [15] Etymologically, separate means ‘arrange apart’. It comes from the past participle of Latin sēparāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘apart’ and parāre ‘arrange (in advance), furnish, make ready’ (source also of English prepare). Sever is essentially the same word as separate, in reduced form.=> prepare, sever
- separate (v.)
- late 14c., from Latin separatus, past participle of separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare). Sever (q.v.) is a doublet, via French. Related: Separated; separating.
- separate (adj.)
- "detached, kept apart," c. 1600, from separate (v.) or from Latin separatus. Separate but equal in reference to U.S. segregation policies on railroads is attested from 1888. Separate development, official name of apartheid in South Africa, is from 1955. Related: Separately (1550s); separateness. Frequently the colored coach is little better than a cattle car. Generally one half the smoking car is reserved for the colored car. Often only a cloth curtain or partition run half way up separates this so-called colored car from the smoke, obscene language, and foul air of the smokers' half of the car. All classes and conditions of colored humanity, from the most cultured and refined to the most degraded and filthy, without regard to sex, good breeding or ability to pay for better accommodation, are crowded into this separate, but equal (?) half car. [Rev. Norman B. Wood, "The White Side of a Black Subject," 1897]
Example
- 1. European leaders may also create a separate euro-zone budget .
- 2. Allows you to provide your public key in this separate file .
- 3. You 'll only see separate application menus if they 're needed .
- 4. Allows you to provide your private key in this separate file .
- 5. They even had separate kitchens and gas meters .