"separate" meaning in English

See separate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: separate [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Being separate means that a piece of an object is not connected to or attached to the rest of the object.
    Sense id: simple-separate-en-adj-IZyqq1Vv
  2. If two objects, ideas, or people are separate from one another, they are not together.
    Sense id: simple-separate-en-adj-dZmHHd~z

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛpəreɪt/ Audio: en-us-separate-verb.ogg [US] Forms: separate [canonical], separates [third-person, singular], separated [past], separated [past, participle], separating [present, participle]
enPR: sĕ'pərāt Head templates: {{verb|separat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To separate something is to take it apart, divide it, or stop it from connecting.
    Sense id: simple-separate-en-verb-dt98evQm
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