Meaning of "separate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEPARATE

From Latin sēparāre, from sē- apart + parāre to obtain.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SEPARATE

separate  [ˈsɛpəˌreɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEPARATE

Separate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb separate in English.

WHAT DOES SEPARATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Separation

Separation may refer to: ▪ Separation, the process by which a service member leaves active duty ▪ Separation, rules to minimise the risk of collision between aircraft in flight ▪ Separation mastering, in music recording...

Definition of separate in the English dictionary

The first definition of separate in the dictionary is to act as a barrier between. Other definition of separate is to put or force or be put or forced apart. Separate is also to part or be parted from a mass or group.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SEPARATE

PRESENT

Present

I separate

you separate

he/she/it separates

we separate

you separate

they separate

Present continuous

I am separating

you are separating

he/she/it is separating

we are separating

you are separating

they are separating

Present perfect

I have separated

you have separated

he/she/it has separated

we have separated

you have separated

they have separated

Present perfect continuous

I have been separating

you have been separating

he/she/it has been separating

we have been separating

you have been separating

they have been separating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I separated

you separated

he/she/it separated

we separated

you separated

they separated

Past continuous

I was separating

you were separating

he/she/it was separating

we were separating

you were separating

they were separating

Past perfect

I had separated

you had separated

he/she/it had separated

we had separated

you had separated

they had separated

Past perfect continuous

I had been separating

you had been separating

he/she/it had been separating

we had been separating

you had been separating

they had been separating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will separate

you will separate

he/she/it will separate

we will separate

you will separate

they will separate

Future continuous

I will be separating

you will be separating

he/she/it will be separating

we will be separating

you will be separating

they will be separating

Future perfect

I will have separated

you will have separated

he/she/it will have separated

we will have separated

you will have separated

they will have separated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been separating

you will have been separating

he/she/it will have been separating

we will have been separating

you will have been separating

they will have been separating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would separate

you would separate

he/she/it would separate

we would separate

you would separate

they would separate

Conditional continuous

I would be separating

you would be separating

he/she/it would be separating

we would be separating

you would be separating

they would be separating

Conditional perfect

I would have separate

you would have separate

he/she/it would have separate

we would have separate

you would have separate

they would have separate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been separating

you would have been separating

he/she/it would have been separating

we would have been separating

you would have been separating

they would have been separating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you separate
we let´s separate
you separate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to separate

Past participle

separated

Present Participle

separating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SEPARATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «separate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of separate

apart · autonomous · bifurcate · break off · break up · come away · come between · cut off · detach · detached · disassemble · disband · disconnect · disconnected · discrete · disengage · disentangle · disjoin · disjointed · disperse · distinct · distinguish · disunite · diverge · divide · divided · divorce · independent · individual · isolate · isolated · mark · part · part company · particular · scatter · sever · split · split up · unattached · unconnected · uncouple

TRANSLATION OF SEPARATE

Find out the translation of separate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of separate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «separate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 分离的
• Translator English - Spanish: separado
• English: separate
• Translator English - Hindi: अलग
• Translator English - Arabic: مُنْفَصِل
• Translator English - Russian: отдельный
• Translator English - Portuguese: separado
• Translator English - Bengali: আলাদা
• Translator English - French: séparé
• Translator English - Malay: Berasingan
• Translator English - German: getrennt
• Translator English - Japanese: 単独の
• Translator English - Korean: 별개의
• Translator English - Javanese: Kapisah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: riêng biệt
• Translator English - Tamil: தனி
• Translator English - Marathi: वेगळा करा
• Translator English - Turkish: ayrı
• Translator English - Italian: separato
• Translator English - Polish: oddzielny
• Translator English - Ukrainian: окремий
• Translator English - Romanian: separat
• Translator English - Greek: χωριστός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: afsonderlike
• Translator English - Swedish: separat
• Translator English - Norwegian: separat

10 QUOTES WITH «SEPARATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word separate.

1

Jacinda Barrett

Living in different cultures helped me work out who I was going to be, separate from where I came from.

2

Manu Bennett

I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school. I was a good sportsperson, but at that point, I gave up on all of those things that were there to be done. I couldn't deal with them.

3

Ingrid Bergman

I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

4

John Desmond Bernal

There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learned to separate them.

5

John Bevere

Offense cuts you off from God. We separate ourselves from the pipeline. I've never seen anything block blessings from Heaven except offense.

6

Sean Booth

It's kind of like trying to make straight lines from curves, but involving shapes that sort of dictate what the curves are, if you like, and the difference between two separate pieces creates a third transitional piece if you like.

7

Rob Brydon

I think, if you've got children, that's your life. Your 'showbiz' life, if you want to call it that, is a separate thing, and it isn't everything to me.

8

Judith Butler

I think we won't be able to understand the operations of trans-phobia, homophobia, if we don't understand how certain kinds of links are forged between gender and sexuality in the minds of those who want masculinity to be absolutely separate from femininity and heterosexuality to be absolutely separate from homosexuality.

9

Kevin Conroy

To me, Batman is definately Bruce Wayne's darker side. The challenge is playing it as two separate aspects of the same person. I have to create the illusion of a Dark Knight, who's mysterious and strong.

10

Frank Darabont

Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films and they are completely unique... completely separate entities.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEPARATE»

Discover the use of separate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to separate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Separate Peace

A conflict of loyalties between Gene and his fearless friend, Phineas, leads to tragedy

John Knowles, 1996

Separate Reality: Conversations With Don Juan

Then in 1968, Carlos Castaneda returned to Mexico, to don Juan and his hallucinogenic drugs, and to a world of experience no man from our Western civilization had ever entered before.

Carlos Castaneda, 2013

Separate Roads to Feminism: Black, Chicana, and White ...

The development of the era known as the 'second wave' of US feminist protest.

Benita Roth, 2004

Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle ...

Stella M. Nkomo is a Professor of Business Leadership, UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa.

Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Stella M. Nkomo, 2003

Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal

Illuminating and oftentimes startling, Two Nations demonstrates how race has defined America's history and will continue to shape its future.

Andrew Hacker, 2010

Playing With the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports

In this forcefully argued book, Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano show in vivid detail how women have been unfairly excluded from participating in sports on an equal footing with men.

Eileen L. McDonagh, Laura Pappano, 2008

No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite ...

The book's analysis is based on data provided by the National Survey of College Experience, collected from more than nine thousand students who applied to one of ten selective colleges between the early 1980s and late 1990s.

Thomas J. Espenshade, Alexandria Walton Radford, 2009

Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South

Separate Pasts is the moving story of the bonds McLaurin formed with friends of both races--a testament to the power of human relationships to overcome even the most ingrained systems of oppression.

Melton A. McLaurin, 2010

Understanding A Separate Peace: A Student Casebook to ...

Offers source documents and analysis to provide a historical context for understanding the major themes of "A Separate Peace."

Hallman Bell Bryant, 2002

No More Separate Spheres!: A Next Wave American Studies Reader

By bringing together essays from the influential special issue of American Literature of the same name, a number of classic essays, and several new pieces commissioned for this volume, No More Separate Spheres! will be an ideal teaching ...

Cathy N. Davidson, Jessamyn Hatcher, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEPARATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term separate is used in the context of the following news items.

Separate shooting sends 2 to University Hospital

Corey Rickmers, @WHAS11 10:33 a.m. EDT July 26, 2015. A separate shooting from the one on Cedar Court has sent 2 others to the hospital as well. «WHAS 11.com, Jul 15»

Kirti Azad demands a separate Mithila state

Since 2000, when Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, the Maithili and Bhojpuri-speaking people have been demanding separate states for their communities. «India Today, Jul 15»

Joint vs. Separate Bank Accounts: The Right Mix for Financial …

Hit upon the right formula -- joint accounts, separate accounts, or a mix of both -- and you lovebirds get to brag about your perfect blend of togetherness and ... «Motley Fool, Jul 15»

A separate 'D' section for RTE students

A separate 'D' section for RTE students ... St. Ann's High School in Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, has created a separate section for class one children from vulnerable ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»

Lockdown lifted at Utah State Prison facility after two separate …

DRAPER, Utah –The Uinta Facility at the Utah State Prison in Draper was placed on lockdown for several hours Saturday in response to two separate stabbings ... «fox13now.com, May 15»

Bill would create separate toll lanes on future I-11

CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill allowing for separate toll lanes to be built on Interstate 11. Republican Assemblyman Jim Wheeler ... «Las Vegas Sun, Apr 15»

The Do's and Don'ts of Keeping Assets Separate in Marriage

Whether you live in a community property state like California, you might choose to keep some assets separate in marriage. To do so, consider consulting with a ... «NerdWallet, Mar 15»

How Do You Separate a Personal Brand from a Professional One?

However, there are ways to at least attempt to keep your professional and personal life separate. The Internet has made this much more difficult, which is why ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»

Separate entrances: Are New York-style 'poor doors' here in Toronto …

The city is planning to ban “poor doors”—or separate entrances based on income—after public pressure. Alicia Glen, a deputy mayor in New York, told the New ... «MetroNews Canada, Sep 14»

Restorations, 'Separate Songs'

"Separate Songs" is one of our favorite compositions off LP3. We got to do all the things we like in here: heinous feedback, giant chorus, too many guitar solos, ... «NPR, Sep 14»