separate

Meanings

Adjective

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

Verb

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

Noun

• Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.

Related

Similar words

• split up, tear apart
• break down, come apart, disintegrate, fall apart

Opposite words

• annex
• combine

Origin

• Latin separatus, perfect passive participle of separare, from Latin sē- + parō. Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English scēadan (whence English shed).