separate
🇺🇸
/ˈseprət/
🇬🇧
/ˈseprət/
adjective
A2
not together or connected
They sleep in separate beds.
A2
different and not related
They live separate lives now.
verb
B1
to divide or split apart
It's hard to separate work from personal life.
B1
to move or pull things apart
The twins were separate at birth.
B1
to keep things apart with something between them
A fence separate the two yards.
B1
to stop living together as a couple
They decided to separate after many years.
R
to make different or set apart
This idea separate us from others.
translation
not together or connected; different and not related
to divide or split apart; to move or pull things apart; to keep things apart with something between them; to stop living together as a couple; to make different or set apart
Word Forms
3rd Present
separates
Past
separated
Perfect
separated
Progressive
separating