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separate

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛp.əˌɹeɪt/

The English word “separate” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
  2. To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
  3. To cause (things or people) to be separate.
  4. To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
  5. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

adjective

  1. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
  2. Not together (with); not united (to).

noun

  1. Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.
  2. A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers.

Etymology

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- (“apart”) + parō (“prepare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English scēadan (whence English…

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