separate: значение и определения

To set or keep apart; disunite.

To space apart; scatter: small farms that were separated one from another by miles of open land.

To sort: separate mail by postal zones.

To differentiate or discriminate between; distinguish: a researcher who separated the various ethnic components of the population sample.

To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.

To part (a couple), often by decree: She was separated from her husband last year.

To terminate a contractual relationship, as military service, with; discharge.

To come apart.

To withdraw: The state threatened to separate from the Union.

To part company; disperse.

To stop living together as spouses.

To become divided into components or parts: Oil and water tend to separate.

Set or kept apart; disunited: Libraries often have a separate section for reference books.

Existing as an independent entity.

Having undergone schism or estrangement from a parent body: Separate churches.

Dissimilar from all others; distinct: "a policeman's way of being separate from you even when he was being nice” ( John le Carré).

Not shared; individual: two people who held separate views on the issue.

Archaic Withdrawn from others; solitary.

A garment, such as a skirt, jacket, or pair of slacks, that may be purchased separately and worn in various combinations with other garments.