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[ˈsep(ə)rət] adj I
1) not together
My brother and I always had separate rooms.[/ex]
Clients' funds should be kept separate from the firm's own money.[/ex]
2) different or new
Answer each question on a separate sheet of paper.[/ex]
3) not connected with something that is similar
Police have arrested seven drug smugglers in three separate incidents this week.[/ex]
•
go your separate ways — to end a relationship with a partner and decide to live or work apart[/ex]
separately adv
4)
They arrived at the party separately.[/ex]
II
verb
separate */*/*/[ˈsepəˌreɪt]
1) [I/T] to keep people or things apart from each other, or to stop being joined to something else
The army was called in to help separate the warring factions.[/ex]
The newly formed cells will separate from the main organism.[/ex]
The child may be separated from his mother while she receives treatment.[/ex]
2) [T] to be between things or people so that they are kept apart
A large river separates the north of the city from the south.[/ex]
3) [I/T] to divide something, or to become divided, into different parts
The two issues need to be separated to discuss them fairly.[/ex]
The story then separates into several different strands.[/ex]
4) [I] to stop living with your husband, wife, or sexual partner
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- separate (sth) out

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