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单词 separate
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separate1 adjectiveseparate2 verb
separatesep‧a‧rate1 /ˈsepərət/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective [no comparative] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • separate bedrooms
  • A separate study found that 77% of students are spending less time on homework.
  • a university with three separate campuses
  • All the children have separate bedrooms.
  • He asked her out on two separate occasions.
  • He likes to keep his work and his family life separate.
  • In a separate saucepan, heat the milk and the cream.
  • Keep your bank card and your PIN number separate.
  • The cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles are completely separate.
  • The nursery was separate from the main school.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Before Casey spoke, three prominent Democrats had taken issue with his charges in separate appearances on Sunday.
  • The fitter brought the separate components into the correct position by the trunk.
  • Then, write a separate list for each chapter and, possibly, for each section of a chapter.
  • This led the Committee to propose two separate new statutes.
  • Unlike Smith, he estimated a separate wage premium for the risk of nonfatal injury.
  • Upholstery became a separate trade, and seating began to put on weight in consequence.
  • We all seemed to split up and go our separate ways afterwards.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot together
not together: · All the children have separate bedrooms.· a university with three separate campuses· The cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles are completely separate.separate from: · The nursery was separate from the main school.keep something separate: · He likes to keep his work and his family life separate.· Keep your bank card and your PIN number separate.
if people or things are apart , they are in different places and there is a distance between them: · I hate it when we're apart.live apart: · Jo and Sam decided to try living apart for a while.move/drift apart: · Since the universe began, the galaxies have gradually moved further apart.apart from: · Helen noticed one little boy standing apart from the rest of the group.50 miles/100 kilometres etc apart: · The two cities are less than 30 km apart.keep somebody apart: · The two sets of rival fans had to be kept apart by the police.
not together, but at separate times or in separate places: · The couple arrived separately at London Airport yesterday.· Books for more advanced students are listed separately.· Each of the men talked to her separately after the meeting.
to separate something into two or more parts
· This is a technique used to separate the components of a mixture.separate something into something · He sat at a desk, separating a pile of mail into "urgent' and "non-urgent'.
to separate something into a number of separate parts or things: divide something into something: · We divided the pizza into three and had a slice each.· Some of the big old houses have been divided into apartments.divide up something/divide something up: · He said that dividing up the company would make the units more profitable.
to separate something that used to be a single thing or a single group into two or more different parts: · Rutherford first split the atom on 3rd January 1919.split something in half/in two (=so that it makes two equal parts): · He split the company in half, and then sold both new companies to different buyers.split something into something (=into two, three etc parts): · For this exercise, I'm going to split the class into three groups.
to separate something into several smaller parts: break up something: · The police were attacked as they tried to break up the crowd.break something up: · If you have to give a long explanation, try to break it up.break something up into something: · You can break a subject up into sections and guide your learners through it one section at a time.
to separate something such as a report or a job into parts, especially in order to make it easier to understand or easier to do: break down something: · Try to break down the calculation and get the students to do it in stages.break something down: · If you find a piece of music hard to play, break it down into small sections and practise each one slowly.
to separate a machine, piece of equipment etc into parts: take something apart: · He'd shown her how to take a gun apart and clean it.take apart something: · He spends his time taking apart old clocks and watches.
to separate a large or complicated machine into parts, for example so that it can no longer be used or in order to make it easier to move, repair etc: · Jimmy was in the garage, dismantling his bike.· The first thing the soldiers did was to dismantle the enemy's surveillance equipment.
to separate something into pieces, especially in order to check for a fault or to clean it: · He took the toy to pieces to find out how it worked.· The parcel contained a gun that had been taken to pieces.
to become separated into two different parts
to become separated into different parts, usually in a natural way: · Hair conditioner helps your curls to separate.separate into: · The whole process separates quite naturally into three smaller stages.· As the milk turns sour, it separates into thick curds and watery liquid.separate from: · At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher.
to become separated into two or more parts or groups: · What happens when an atom splits?split into: · The class split into two. Half of us went to the museum and half to the cathedral.· When you electrolyse water it splits into hydrogen and oxygen.
to separate into several smaller parts: · In spring the icebergs begin to break up.· The crowd broke up slowly.break up into: · Eventually, the old ruling group broke up into a number of political parties.
if something is in pieces , it has been separated into pieces: · The table Alan was supposed to have put together was still in pieces when I arrived home.· Within a few minutes he had the car engine in pieces on the garage floor.
if something comes to pieces , it is designed so that it can be broken into its separate parts without being damaged: · The bed comes to pieces, so we can fit it in the car.
when something keeps two things, places, or people separate
· A tall fence separates the two houses.· Items in the list should be separated by commas.separate something from something · The diaphragm is the strong muscular wall that separates the chest from the stomach.
to keep two areas or two parts of an area separate from each other: · Only a thin partition divides the room.divide something from something: · A busy highway divides one half of the town from the other.· The chapel is divided from the rest of the church by a screen.
to separate things or people so that they are no longer close or touching
· If you two don't stop talking during class, I'll have to separate you.· Some of the pages had got stuck together and I couldn't separate them.separate something from something · Break an egg into a bowl and separate the white from the yolk.· Farmers separate calves from their mothers when they are only a few days old.
to separate two things or parts that are together, making a space in the middle of them: · Joe parted the curtains and the sunlight came flooding in.· She parted the branches with her hands as she moved further into the forest.
to stop things from touching each other or coming together, especially in order to prevent something from happening: · The plastic casing keeps the wires apart.· After mating, male and female sheep are usually kept apart.
to separate people from each other, the rest of society etc
to keep two or more people apart, especially so that they cannot cause any trouble together: · Teachers thought it best to separate Paul and Fred and put them in different classes.separate somebody from somebody: · Separating prisoners from each other is sometimes the only way of preventing riots.
to separate two or more people so that they cannot talk to or harm each other: · At the party it seemed only sensible to keep her ex-husband and her new boyfriend apart.keep sb apart from: · Sex offenders are often kept apart from other prisoners for their own safety.
to keep someone away from other people, especially because they are suffering from an infectious disease: · We used to routinely isolate people who had measles.isolate somebody from: · The six other patients were immediately isolated from the infected four.
to separate someone from the people they are usually with: · She realized that he was trying to cut her off from her friends.· It's easy to get cut off from your family when you first go overseas.
to separate one group of people from others, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc: · Schools should not segregate children with disabilities.· Faith-based schools would only segregate society further.be segregated from: · Male prisoners were strictly segregated from the females.
the practice of keeping people of different races apart and making them live, work, or study separately, especially because one race believes that members of the other race are not as good as they are: · Racial segregation in schools still exists in some southern states.· Civil rights protestors called for an end to all segregation.
the former South African political and social system in which black and white races had to go to separate schools, live in separate areas etc as a way of keeping white people in their position of power: · Mandela was in prison for over 25 years for opposing apartheid in South Africa.· an anti-apartheid organization
separated from other people because you have or may have an infectious illness that they could catch if they were with you: · One of the crew caught smallpox, and soon they were all in quarantine.put somebody in quarantine: · All animals entering the UK used to have to be put in quarantine.
when two or more people stop having a relationship, friendship etc
to start to live apart from a sexual partner you used to live with or are married to: · They separated several years ago, but they're not divorced.· Kids are put under a tremendous emotional strain when their parents separate.
if two people split up , they stop having a relationship with each other, especially a sexual relationship: · They're always arguing, but I don't think they'll ever split up.split up with: · He started drinking heavily after he split up with Debbie.
to separate from someone so that your relationship ends - used especially in literature: · They parted in a fairly amicable way.· She hoped that she and Jonathan would never part.
if two people break up , or if their relationship breaks up , they stop having a relationship with each other : · Tom and I broke up last year.· Newspaper stories often have a lot to do with showbusiness marriages breaking up.break up with: · I can't imagine ever breaking up with my wife.
if people drift apart , they gradually become less friendly and see each other less, until their relationship finally ends: · Over the years my schoolfriends and I have drifted apart.· Teddy and Maria never really argued -- they just drifted apart.
if a group of friends go their separate ways , they each go to different places and start doing different things: · After we left college we all went our separate ways and I never saw those friends again.
separated from a relation, especially a close one such as a husband or mother, so that you almost never see them, for example because you have had a serious argument: somebody's estranged wife/husband/father etc: · He is hoping for a reconciliation with his estranged wife Hillary.· In 1975, he wrote a formal letter to his estranged father.be estranged from somebody: · We provide support to people who are estranged from their families.
a situation in which a husband and wife agree to live apart from each other even though they are still married: · In the case of separation or divorce, the children's needs should come first.· Since the separation they've each been seeing different people.trial separation (=to see if it is better or worse being separated): · He said he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation might be the answer.
to deliberately separate yourself from another person, group etc
to deliberately separate yourself from a larger group or organization, especially because you no longer want to work with them: · Last year, he split from the rock band, "Hot City'.· The left wing of the party is likely to split from its parent organization.
to deliberately separate yourself from a group of people, usually permanently, because you want to be alone or independent: · She had cut herself off, and when David left her she had no one to turn to.cut yourself off from: · Quite deliberately, she cut herself off from the rest of the family.
to formally and permanently end a relationship with another person, company, country etc: · Throughout the seventies, the government was urged to sever all links with South Africa.· Tobolewski, like many immigrants into America, severed all his ties with his Polish background.
to deliberately separate yourself from a person, organization etc, because you do not want people to think you are connected with it or are responsible for something that they are doing: · The government is seeking to detach itself from the latest financial scandal.· Diplomats saw his resignation as a way of distancing himself from an unpopular government.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 He tries to keep his professional life completely separate from his private life.
 Keep the fish separate from the other food.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=clearly different from others)· Animals fall into distinct categories.
 The bag is divided into separate compartments.
 The mind exists as a separate entity.
· Young men were killed in two separate incidents on the same day.
· I had heard this story on at least four separate occasions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Three quite separate elements may be involved, all or any of which may be present at any one time.· In order to make clear what this means, it may be helpful to take two, quite separate, examples.· We never considered that they might be quite separate.· The two places were quite separate.· It is important to remember that a classic type of restraint of trade clause frequently mentions two quite separate time periods.· That conference was also memorable, of course, for other quite separate reasons, as I would like now to explain.· They even partitioned the archipelago into three quite separate military commands.· Katherine Lundy ran two similar, but quite separate, operations.
NOUN
· In 1686 they declared war on him in order to establish a separate company state from which they could trade.· Under the old structure, the business units operated almost like separate companies, each with their own marketing and engineering organization.· The construction materials division, which employs more than 4,200 people, is to be floated as a separate company.· Spry Inc has reorganised, dividing its system integration and software development operations into two separate companies.· That group will most likely be a separate company, or they may be an autonomous subsidiary.· Mr Reuter struggles on without his support to weld a group of large, still separate companies into a coherent whole.· It is also willing to transfer another $ 450 million of expenditure to a separate company.
· This is difficult as we are not used to doing it, preferring to keep these approaches in separate compartments.· The worst aspect of Hinduism is undoubtedly the caste system, which kept the population cooped up in so many separate compartments.· The bivvy bag can be stored in a separate compartment at the base of the larger compression sack.· Its study was isolated in a separate compartment until very recent times.· It was getting impossible to keep their relationship in two separate compartments.· Each species has evolved to deal with life in separate compartments.· For Locke the separate compartments for faith and reason, or reason and revelation, did not exist.· Business matters and personal relationships clearly occupied separate compartments in Guy's life.
· The government's difficulties were compounded by separate developments relating to its pledge to Islamicize the economy.
· Although all separate entities, they do co-operate with each other as, naturally, they are all working towards the same ideal.· This could not be happening if the brain and immune system were separate entities.· National government and household administration were from the middle of the sixteenth century separate entities.· With a few exceptions, each lesson is a separate entity and can be used by itself.· These differences have led some investigators to consider cancer of the cardia as a separate entity.· The singles chart needs to be treated as a separate entity, and not as a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen.· As far as they are concerned, these discs are five separate entities.
· The network also brings together separate groups of people working on different aspects of the same software project.· A separate group of specialists may speak of high school problems.· Between 1956 and 1960 the association had to fight for the right to enter the Big Berlin Exhibition as a separate group.· Alternatively, the business may be run as divisions of separate group companies.· The ginkgos are often placed in a separate group.· The day began with health and social services managers meeting in their two separate groups.· There is a separate group for Spina Bifida children.· When Ross reached that area, he charted the islands as a separate group, the Russell Islands.
· Field independence also relates to one's sense of separate identity, or developed sense of one's own feelings and needs.· The sense of a distinct, separate identity fades and is replaced by a metamorphic self-image.· It has been stripped of its separate identity and made dependent on the market and government for its survival.· We shall see how it is that different particles of the same type can not have separate identities from one another.· Various devices were used to encourage the development of separate identities between the two groups.· During this process gods worshipped in the same animal eventually fused together, while other retained a separate identity.· Like Gaiety Girls they had been judged worthy of a separate identity.
· In a separate incident, a driver escaped drowning when his fuel tanker plunged into a canal.· They shot or bludgeoned to death numerous others in separate incidents.· The warning, from doctors at Salisbury District Hospital, Wiltshire, follows the separate incidents, one involving a 20-month-old girl.· And fire crews were stoned in three separate incidents as they tried to deal with fires.· Three people were reported to have died in separate incidents of pre-election violence.· In a separate incident, a pensioner was knifed in the head as he sat on a street bench.· In a separate incident, a prisoner who was being moved, broke free and vandalised furniture.· In a separate incident, a journalist, Turan Dursun, was shot and killed on Sept. 4.
· A separate issue related to quality of care is the range of services provided.· The extent to which their development involves various kinds of experience raises an entirely separate issue.· Of course, their writing is sensationalistic and their checkbook tactics are shaky, but those are separate issues.· Two separate issues arise from the search for better value.· Although they are discussed here as separate issues, tourism, recreation and sport are not mutually exclusive.· Nevertheless, whether corporate planning has become a reality is a separate issue.
· For instance marital problems can often lead to not talking, spending less time together, planning separate lives.· Our two separate lives threatened our plans and undermined our relationship.· Again, separate life cover is required to pay off your loan in any eventuality.· They looked at their few years left and, instead of continuing to fight, chose a separate life.· He lived his separate life and she waited for him to falter and slip back into alcohol.· For the first time Benny realised properly that they were going to live separate lives though in the same city.· And although he and John lead separate lives, being the Prime Minister's brother does have advantages.· The couple begin to lead separate lives and for the first time there is public concern over the marriage.
· The blips appeared on three separate occasions, and each time the lowest instrument showed the biggest jump.· On two separate occasions I've heard her voice beyond the door.· If the burial service follows a church service on a separate occasion, a fee will be charged.· There are reasonable approximations of bicarbonate and alkali secretion for each subject on separate occasions.· And that applied whether the words were spoken on separate occasions or all together.· Patient isolates and control strains were coded and tested blind on at least two separate occasions.
· A separate section describing famous Orc and Goblin warlords has been included after the army list.· A separate section in this chapter is devoted to the topic of measurement itself.· Please see separate section for full listings.· You can have three choirs singing their heads off in the separate sections without any of them disturbing the other.· They tend to work at entirely separate sections of the music, ignoring each other, but talking all the while.· Collate to gather separate sections or leaves of a book together in the correct order for binding.· The engine and crew compartment can be assembled as two separate sections and stuck together when dry.· He repeated the procedure twice more and laid the separate sections on the stone floor.
· The Ciskei thus appeared on the point of disappearing as a separate state, amid speculation that other homelands might follow suit.· One year later it renounced its armed struggle and claim to a separate state at an extraordinary general congress.· Yet taxation was a far more efficient method of collecting premiums and distributing payments than a separate state insurance scheme.
· This might be in the form of a branch or sub-section of the BAeA or as a separate unit entirely.· The carbonates occur in four separate units and all are known to contain potential reservoir rocks.· The full course last from January to November 1993, but it is made up of six separate units.· Over short time spans then genes are not the separate units of selection Dawkins supposes.· However, it was emphasized that apart from that situation, each quarry would be regarded as a separate unit.· At least seven genetically separate units are hidden within the supposed entity and each now has its own Linnaean name.· The four separate units which make up the Loutrouvia apartments are set back from the main road in pleasant surroundings.
· Or would they go their separate ways, each ruling an independent principality?· Before you start going separate ways, take some time to reconnect.· He says that they more or less go their separate ways, Felicity and this green fellow she's married to.· They were too readily allowed to go their separate ways.· Only then, in the shock of the open air at last, did we break ranks and go our separate ways.· After this they go their separate ways.· In the case of bacteria, the enormous numbers of cells produced by successive doublings go their separate ways.· But now the venerable types are going their own separate ways.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • After this they go their separate ways.
  • He says that they more or less go their separate ways, Felicity and this green fellow she's married to.
  • In the case of bacteria, the enormous numbers of cells produced by successive doublings go their separate ways.
  • Only then, in the shock of the open air at last, did we break ranks and go our separate ways.
  • Or would they go their separate ways, each ruling an independent principality?
  • She takes it up, the partners disengage and go their separate ways.
  • They were too readily allowed to go their separate ways.
  • We all seemed to split up and go our separate ways afterwards.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounseparationseparatesseparatistseparatismseparatorinseperabilityadjectiveseparable ≠ inseparableseparateseparatedadverbinseparablyseparatelyverbseparate
1different:  Use separate knives for raw and cooked meat. My wife and I have separate bank accounts.2not related to or not affected by something else:  That’s a separate issue. He was attacked on two separate occasions.separate from He tries to keep his professional life completely separate from his private life.3not joined to or touching something else:  The gym and the sauna are in separate buildings.separate from Keep the fish separate from the other food.4go your separate ways a)if people go their separate ways, they stop being friends or lovers b)if people who have been travelling together go their separate ways, they start travelling in different directions—separately adverb:  They did arrive together, but I think they left separately.
separate1 adjectiveseparate2 verb
separatesep‧a‧rate2 /ˈsepəreɪt/ ●●● S2 W2 verb Entry menu
MENU FOR separateseparate1 be between2 divide3 stop living together4 recognize difference5 move apart6 make somebody/something different7 better/older8 separate the men from the boys9 separate the sheep from the goatsPhrasal verbsseparate somebody/something out
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINseparate2
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin past participle of separare, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘to prepare, get’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
separate
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyseparate
he, she, itseparates
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyseparated
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave separated
he, she, ithas separated
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad separated
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill separate
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have separated
Continuous Form
PresentIam separating
he, she, itis separating
you, we, theyare separating
PastI, he, she, itwas separating
you, we, theywere separating
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been separating
he, she, ithas been separating
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been separating
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be separating
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been separating
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Separating prisoners from each other is sometimes the only way of preventing riots.
  • A tall fence separates the two houses.
  • After years of abuse, Ginny finally separated from her husband.
  • Anne and I separated for three months, but we are now together again.
  • As the milk turns sour, it separates into thick curds and watery liquid.
  • At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher.
  • Break an egg into a bowl and separate the white from the yolk.
  • Farmers separate calves from their mothers when they are only a few days old.
  • Hair conditioner helps your curls to separate.
  • He sat at a desk, separating a pile of mail into "urgent' and "non-urgent'.
  • If you two don't stop talking during class, I'll have to separate you.
  • Items in the list should be separated by commas.
  • Kids are put under a tremendous emotional strain when their parents separate.
  • Linda and George have only been married for a year and they're already thinking of separating.
  • She looked over the picket fence that separates her lawn from the neighbor's.
  • Some of the pages had got stuck together and I couldn't separate them.
  • Steaks and meat patties should be separated by wax paper before freezing.
  • Teachers thought it best to separate Paul and Fred and put them in different classes.
  • The diaphragm is the strong muscular wall that separates the chest from the stomach.
  • The milk had soured and separated.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • For there was a scramble for individual honours with just two ounces separating the leading four.
  • In order to separate a lunar effect the team looked at the lunar day, the position of the Moon.
  • Mam Tor is the first objective on the walk along the ridge which separates the Hope and Edale valleys.
  • She was distressed and anxious at being separated from her friends, and rapidly developed colic.
  • The mobile phase flows continuously over the stationary phase and as it does so separates the components on the stationary phase.
  • The reactive tannins precipitate with the protein, and the improved wine can then be separated from the sediment.
  • The two were not separated until Dan was kept back at Groton so Harry could enter Harvard first.
  • To obtain serum, we permit the blood to clot and then separate the clot from the residual serum.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSto make something separate
verb [transitive] to divide something into two or more parts or groups, or to divide one type of thing from another. You use separate especially when saying that the parts are different from each other: · Motorola is planning to separate the company into two public companies.· The items are separated into recyclable and non-recyclable waste.
verb [transitive] to make something become two or more parts or groups: · The teacher divided us into groups.· The money was divided between them.· The house is divided into three apartments.
verb [transitive] to separate something into two or more groups, parts etc – used especially when each part is equal in size: · The class was split into groups of six.
phrasal verb [transitive] to separate something into several smaller parts, especially to make it easier to deal with: · The phone company was broken up to encourage competition.· Police used tear gas to break up the crowd.
verb [transitive] to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion etc: · Schools were racially segregated.· Some prisons segregate prisoners who are infected with HIV.
to become separate
verb [intransitive] to divide into different parts, especially in a natural way: · A watery liquid separates from the milk during cheesemaking.
verb [intransitive] to separate into two or more parts or groups – used especially when each part is equal in size: · What happens when an atom splits?
phrasal verb [intransitive] to separate into several smaller parts: · In spring, the icebergs begin to break up.
Longman Language Activatornot together
not together: · All the children have separate bedrooms.· a university with three separate campuses· The cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles are completely separate.separate from: · The nursery was separate from the main school.keep something separate: · He likes to keep his work and his family life separate.· Keep your bank card and your PIN number separate.
if people or things are apart , they are in different places and there is a distance between them: · I hate it when we're apart.live apart: · Jo and Sam decided to try living apart for a while.move/drift apart: · Since the universe began, the galaxies have gradually moved further apart.apart from: · Helen noticed one little boy standing apart from the rest of the group.50 miles/100 kilometres etc apart: · The two cities are less than 30 km apart.keep somebody apart: · The two sets of rival fans had to be kept apart by the police.
not together, but at separate times or in separate places: · The couple arrived separately at London Airport yesterday.· Books for more advanced students are listed separately.· Each of the men talked to her separately after the meeting.
to separate something into two or more parts
· This is a technique used to separate the components of a mixture.separate something into something · He sat at a desk, separating a pile of mail into "urgent' and "non-urgent'.
to separate something into a number of separate parts or things: divide something into something: · We divided the pizza into three and had a slice each.· Some of the big old houses have been divided into apartments.divide up something/divide something up: · He said that dividing up the company would make the units more profitable.
to separate something that used to be a single thing or a single group into two or more different parts: · Rutherford first split the atom on 3rd January 1919.split something in half/in two (=so that it makes two equal parts): · He split the company in half, and then sold both new companies to different buyers.split something into something (=into two, three etc parts): · For this exercise, I'm going to split the class into three groups.
to separate something into several smaller parts: break up something: · The police were attacked as they tried to break up the crowd.break something up: · If you have to give a long explanation, try to break it up.break something up into something: · You can break a subject up into sections and guide your learners through it one section at a time.
to separate something such as a report or a job into parts, especially in order to make it easier to understand or easier to do: break down something: · Try to break down the calculation and get the students to do it in stages.break something down: · If you find a piece of music hard to play, break it down into small sections and practise each one slowly.
to separate a machine, piece of equipment etc into parts: take something apart: · He'd shown her how to take a gun apart and clean it.take apart something: · He spends his time taking apart old clocks and watches.
to separate a large or complicated machine into parts, for example so that it can no longer be used or in order to make it easier to move, repair etc: · Jimmy was in the garage, dismantling his bike.· The first thing the soldiers did was to dismantle the enemy's surveillance equipment.
to separate something into pieces, especially in order to check for a fault or to clean it: · He took the toy to pieces to find out how it worked.· The parcel contained a gun that had been taken to pieces.
to become separated into two different parts
to become separated into different parts, usually in a natural way: · Hair conditioner helps your curls to separate.separate into: · The whole process separates quite naturally into three smaller stages.· As the milk turns sour, it separates into thick curds and watery liquid.separate from: · At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher.
to become separated into two or more parts or groups: · What happens when an atom splits?split into: · The class split into two. Half of us went to the museum and half to the cathedral.· When you electrolyse water it splits into hydrogen and oxygen.
to separate into several smaller parts: · In spring the icebergs begin to break up.· The crowd broke up slowly.break up into: · Eventually, the old ruling group broke up into a number of political parties.
if something is in pieces , it has been separated into pieces: · The table Alan was supposed to have put together was still in pieces when I arrived home.· Within a few minutes he had the car engine in pieces on the garage floor.
if something comes to pieces , it is designed so that it can be broken into its separate parts without being damaged: · The bed comes to pieces, so we can fit it in the car.
when something keeps two things, places, or people separate
· A tall fence separates the two houses.· Items in the list should be separated by commas.separate something from something · The diaphragm is the strong muscular wall that separates the chest from the stomach.
to keep two areas or two parts of an area separate from each other: · Only a thin partition divides the room.divide something from something: · A busy highway divides one half of the town from the other.· The chapel is divided from the rest of the church by a screen.
to separate things or people so that they are no longer close or touching
· If you two don't stop talking during class, I'll have to separate you.· Some of the pages had got stuck together and I couldn't separate them.separate something from something · Break an egg into a bowl and separate the white from the yolk.· Farmers separate calves from their mothers when they are only a few days old.
to separate two things or parts that are together, making a space in the middle of them: · Joe parted the curtains and the sunlight came flooding in.· She parted the branches with her hands as she moved further into the forest.
to stop things from touching each other or coming together, especially in order to prevent something from happening: · The plastic casing keeps the wires apart.· After mating, male and female sheep are usually kept apart.
to separate people from each other, the rest of society etc
to keep two or more people apart, especially so that they cannot cause any trouble together: · Teachers thought it best to separate Paul and Fred and put them in different classes.separate somebody from somebody: · Separating prisoners from each other is sometimes the only way of preventing riots.
to separate two or more people so that they cannot talk to or harm each other: · At the party it seemed only sensible to keep her ex-husband and her new boyfriend apart.keep sb apart from: · Sex offenders are often kept apart from other prisoners for their own safety.
to keep someone away from other people, especially because they are suffering from an infectious disease: · We used to routinely isolate people who had measles.isolate somebody from: · The six other patients were immediately isolated from the infected four.
to separate someone from the people they are usually with: · She realized that he was trying to cut her off from her friends.· It's easy to get cut off from your family when you first go overseas.
to separate one group of people from others, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc: · Schools should not segregate children with disabilities.· Faith-based schools would only segregate society further.be segregated from: · Male prisoners were strictly segregated from the females.
the practice of keeping people of different races apart and making them live, work, or study separately, especially because one race believes that members of the other race are not as good as they are: · Racial segregation in schools still exists in some southern states.· Civil rights protestors called for an end to all segregation.
the former South African political and social system in which black and white races had to go to separate schools, live in separate areas etc as a way of keeping white people in their position of power: · Mandela was in prison for over 25 years for opposing apartheid in South Africa.· an anti-apartheid organization
separated from other people because you have or may have an infectious illness that they could catch if they were with you: · One of the crew caught smallpox, and soon they were all in quarantine.put somebody in quarantine: · All animals entering the UK used to have to be put in quarantine.
when two or more people stop having a relationship, friendship etc
to start to live apart from a sexual partner you used to live with or are married to: · They separated several years ago, but they're not divorced.· Kids are put under a tremendous emotional strain when their parents separate.
if two people split up , they stop having a relationship with each other, especially a sexual relationship: · They're always arguing, but I don't think they'll ever split up.split up with: · He started drinking heavily after he split up with Debbie.
to separate from someone so that your relationship ends - used especially in literature: · They parted in a fairly amicable way.· She hoped that she and Jonathan would never part.
if two people break up , or if their relationship breaks up , they stop having a relationship with each other : · Tom and I broke up last year.· Newspaper stories often have a lot to do with showbusiness marriages breaking up.break up with: · I can't imagine ever breaking up with my wife.
if people drift apart , they gradually become less friendly and see each other less, until their relationship finally ends: · Over the years my schoolfriends and I have drifted apart.· Teddy and Maria never really argued -- they just drifted apart.
if a group of friends go their separate ways , they each go to different places and start doing different things: · After we left college we all went our separate ways and I never saw those friends again.
separated from a relation, especially a close one such as a husband or mother, so that you almost never see them, for example because you have had a serious argument: somebody's estranged wife/husband/father etc: · He is hoping for a reconciliation with his estranged wife Hillary.· In 1975, he wrote a formal letter to his estranged father.be estranged from somebody: · We provide support to people who are estranged from their families.
a situation in which a husband and wife agree to live apart from each other even though they are still married: · In the case of separation or divorce, the children's needs should come first.· Since the separation they've each been seeing different people.trial separation (=to see if it is better or worse being separated): · He said he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation might be the answer.
to deliberately separate yourself from another person, group etc
to deliberately separate yourself from a larger group or organization, especially because you no longer want to work with them: · Last year, he split from the rock band, "Hot City'.· The left wing of the party is likely to split from its parent organization.
to deliberately separate yourself from a group of people, usually permanently, because you want to be alone or independent: · She had cut herself off, and when David left her she had no one to turn to.cut yourself off from: · Quite deliberately, she cut herself off from the rest of the family.
to formally and permanently end a relationship with another person, company, country etc: · Throughout the seventies, the government was urged to sever all links with South Africa.· Tobolewski, like many immigrants into America, severed all his ties with his Polish background.
to deliberately separate yourself from a person, organization etc, because you do not want people to think you are connected with it or are responsible for something that they are doing: · The government is seeking to detach itself from the latest financial scandal.· Diplomats saw his resignation as a way of distancing himself from an unpopular government.
to get divorced
to legally end your marriage: · My parents got divorced last year.· Before getting divorced, you should think carefully about the effect it will have on the children.
if someone divorces their husband or wife, or if two people divorce, they legally end their marriage: · Finally, after years of unhappy marriage, Eva divorced Stanley.· He kept promising her that he would divorce his wife, but he never actually did it.· Petra's parents divorced when she was about seven years old.
the legal process of ending a marriage: · I've only seen my ex-wife once since the divorce.· Gwen has just been through a bitter divorce.get a divorce: · It's much too easy to get a divorce nowadays.ask (somebody) for a divorce: · Caroline's husband asked her for a divorce and she agreed.end in divorce: · A third of all marriages in Britain end in divorce.divorce rate (=the number of divorces each year): · The divorce rate has risen steadily since the 1950s.
if a husband and wife separate , they no longer live together, usually because they intend to get divorced: · Linda and George have only been married for a year and they're already thinking of separating.· Anne and I separated for three months, but we are now together again.
informal if two people split up , they end their marriage or they stop having a romantic relationship: · They're always arguing but I don't think they'll ever split up.split up with: · Have you heard? Katie's splitting up with Andrew!
WORD SETS
baby, nounbarrier method, nounbetrothal, nounboy, nounBr., branch, nouncontraception, nouncousin, noundescendant, noundescent, noundistant, adjectivedivorce, noundivorce, verbdivorced, adjectivedivorcée, noundomestic, adjectivedowry, noundynasty, nounex, nounextended family, nounfamilial, adjectivefamily man, nounfamily planning, nounfamily tree, nounfather, nounfather-in-law, nounfiancé, nounfiancée, nounfilial, adjectivefirst cousin, noungodchild, noungoddaughter, noungrandad, noungrandaddy, noungrandchild, noungranddad, noungranddaddy, noungranddaughter, noungrandfather, noungrandma, noungrandmother, noungrandpa, noungrandparent, noungrandson, noungranny, nounhalf-brother, nounhalf-sister, nounhereditary, adjectivehouse husband, nounin-laws, nounintermarry, verbmaiden aunt, nounmaid of honour, nounmam, nounmama, nounmamma, nounmammy, nounman, nounmarital, adjectivematrimony, nounmiscegenation, nounmixed marriage, nounmonogamy, nounnuclear family, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounone-parent family, nounparent, nounparentage, nounparental, adjectiveparenthood, nounparenting, nounpaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatriarch, nounpatriarchy, nounpedigree, nounpolygamy, nounpropinquity, nounproposal, nounrelative, nounscion, nounseparate, verbseparated, adjectiveseparation, nounsibling, nounsingle parent, nounsister, nounsister-in-law, nounstepbrother, nounstepchild, nounstepdaughter, nounstepfather, nounstepmother, nounstepsister, nounstepson, noununcle, noununion, noununmarried, adjectiveupbringing, nounwedding, nounwedlock, nounwhite wedding, nounwidow, nounwidower, nounwidowhood, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 First, separate the eggs (=divide the white part from the yellow part).
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=clearly different from others)· Animals fall into distinct categories.
 The bag is divided into separate compartments.
 The mind exists as a separate entity.
· Young men were killed in two separate incidents on the same day.
· I had heard this story on at least four separate occasions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· We are separating out one aspect for analysis, but doing this is slightly artificial.· But a child with poor perceptual motor skills has to separate out each step in her mind.· But in this area, as in no other, it's possible to separate out the politics from the science.· None the less, it can be assumed that these two functions will benefit by being separated out as having competencies of their own.· I never, on the other hand, determined that I would separate out a whole slot for a women's magazine.· The criteria of sameness and difference offer few ways of separating out peoples once we rise above the level of locality.· I had separated out a whole slot for an over-60s magazine, Years Ahead.· For plastics to be recycled into worthwhile items, they must be separated out into the different types.
NOUN
· Parents are divided over the decision to separate the children.· Some parents immediately separate the children and punish both when they do not know what has happened.· What separates one group of children from the next?· Third, the justices were strongly of the opinion that to separate the children would be harmful to them.· It separates men from their children.· For example, what messages are we conveying when we separate some children from others?· Up to the time they have to cross this water, the children have never separated.
· Many students are orphans or have been separated from their families.· When Gregory grew into manhood, he separated from his family, then was ordained.· The presence of a bodyguard was a constant reminder of the invisible veil which separated her from her family and friends.· But the old monarchist argument that the monarchy can be separated from the royal family no longer holds.
· Increasingly, local government used its legal powers to separate out specific groups as targets for police intervention.· In the most typical design, the experimenter separates a group of subjects into two or more groups.· After the rut the males separate from the groups of females and begin their more or less solitary existence once again.· The blocks are separated into groups by color, then each group is halved.· These classifications are able to separate groups of nodal lymphomas with a clear correlation between morphological features and clinical behaviour.· Nevertheless, in two cases in the separated group, the baby was given up for adoption because neither parent wanted custody.· They found that the mammals had been separated into three groups.· What separates one group of children from the next?
· Pat Rutter, 37, fell into arrears totalling £5,000 after she separated from her husband two years ago.· Then with the oldest, insecure Alice, after she separates from her husband.· In September 1962 Sylvia Plath separated from her husband and moved with the two small children to a flat in London.· Recently separated from her husband, she is raising their 5-year-old girl and a baby boy.· Judith, a nurse, was living with her father after being separated from her husband.· There was no reason why she should know that Veronica was separated from her husband.
· The dotted line in each diagram separates the superior courts from the inferior courts.· In dOing 80, he had crossed an invisible line that separated the white and black beaches.· At the networks, a rigid line separated news from entertainment; news was considered serious and important business.· There wasn't the usual narrow line that separates the photographer from the people he photographs.· The new car firm will keep the Renault and Volvo product lines and names separate, it said.· The tunnel, a short one, was a single bore as the up and down lines were separated there.
· Children with emotional problems may, for instance, be excessively afraid of strangers or of separating from their parents.· Those at risk-overly sensitive, poorly assertive children-have not achieved the emotional mastery necessary to be successfully separate from parents.· Unlike zoanthids, where large colonies can form by a similar process, the young mushroom polyps separate from the parent completely.· A smothering style of parenting often produces boys who do not learn to become comfortably separate from their parents.· He and his step-brother Philip Giles got separated from their parents on a ski-lift they were taking up the mountain side.· However, in some instances the crisis of the birth separates parents.· Children separate parents and define their roles along traditional gender lines.
· But golf is a game of courage and that separates Faldo from the rest.· My head was treated as if it was separated from the rest of my body.· Correspondence and records are best kept in a small office separate from the rest of the farmhouse.· And the feeling persists that Guinness ads. are undoubtedly different, separate from the rest of the herd.· Even people with more liberal leanings believe that California is somehow separate from the rest of the country.· On the way home Caledor's ship was separated from the rest of the High Elf fleet by a freak storm.· Day 19 Six under-developed fry were observed in a group, separate from the rest of the shoal.
· Her head lay next to the thin wall that separated her from the two of them.· Today, the fire wall that separates politics from entertainment has all but disappeared.· Miss Fogerty leant over the low dry-stone wall which separated the playground from the school-house garden.· The two share adjoining rooms without walls or doors to separate them.· He led Cleo through the kitchen gardens to the wall that separated the two estates.· I clambered over the wall separating his garden from the orchard and followed him into the cottage.
· He is separated from his wife but he has tried to abduct his daughter.· Flinn says this guy lied to her, saying he was legally separated from his wife and had filed for divorce.· Ralston has admitted that 13 years ago, while separated from his wife, he had a relationship with another woman.· As for Longhouser, he was separated from his wife and expressing normal desires.
VERB
· Tucker tried to separate the relationships between bidirectional reflectance ratios and firstly, the biomass, secondly, the productivity.· Just try to separate them as punishment!· Police, drawn from several county forces, were trying to separate two opposed rioting mobs.· I try to keep politics separate.· It is dangerous if you try to separate them ... On television I watched a nature short about two-headed snakes.· B4., try to separate the personality difficulties from the ones directly relating to job performance.· The interim government had tried unsuccessfully to separate the factions, by using loyal militia and neutral mujaheddin groups.· Jess tries to separate her personal feelings for Red from her feelings about Red as a player and teammate.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounseparationseparatesseparatistseparatismseparatorinseperabilityadjectiveseparable ≠ inseparableseparateseparatedadverbinseparablyseparatelyverbseparate
1be between [transitive] if something separates two places or two things, it is between them so that they are not touching each otherseparate something from something The lighthouse is separated from the land by a wide channel.2divide [intransitive, transitive] to divide or split into different parts, or to make something do this:  This will keep your dressing from separating.separate from At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher.separate something into something Separate the students into four groups. First, separate the eggs (=divide the white part from the yellow part).3stop living together [intransitive] if two people who are married or have been living together separate, they start to live apart:  Jill and John separated a year ago.separate from I decided to separate from my partner.GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbsSeparate is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or things do something that involves both or all of them: · She and her husband separated. You can also say: · She separated from her husband.· She and her husband separated from each other.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS4recognize difference [transitive] to recognize that one thing or idea is different from anotherseparate something from something She finds it difficult to separate fact from fantasy.5move apart [intransitive, transitive] if people separate, or if someone or something separates them, they move apart:  Ed stepped in to separate the two dogs.separate somebody from somebody/something In the fog, they got separated from the group.6make somebody/something different [transitive] to be the quality or fact that makes someone or something different from other people or thingsseparate something from something The capacity to think separates humans from animals.7better/older [transitive] if an amount separates two things, one thing is better or older than the other by that amount:  Three points now separate the two teams.8separate the men from the boys informal to show clearly which people are brave, strong, or skilled, and which are not9separate the sheep from the goats British English (also separate the wheat from the chaff) to find out which people are intelligent, skilful, successful etc, and which are not:  This test should really separate the sheep from the goats.THESAURUSto make something separateseparate verb [transitive] to divide something into two or more parts or groups, or to divide one type of thing from another. You use separate especially when saying that the parts are different from each other: · Motorola is planning to separate the company into two public companies.· The items are separated into recyclable and non-recyclable waste.divide verb [transitive] to make something become two or more parts or groups: · The teacher divided us into groups.· The money was divided between them.· The house is divided into three apartments.split verb [transitive] to separate something into two or more groups, parts etc – used especially when each part is equal in size: · The class was split into groups of six.break something up phrasal verb [transitive] to separate something into several smaller parts, especially to make it easier to deal with: · The phone company was broken up to encourage competition.· Police used tear gas to break up the crowd.segregate verb [transitive] to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion etc: · Schools were racially segregated.· Some prisons segregate prisoners who are infected with HIV.to become separateseparate verb [intransitive] to divide into different parts, especially in a natural way: · A watery liquid separates from the milk during cheesemaking.split verb [intransitive] to separate into two or more parts or groups – used especially when each part is equal in size: · What happens when an atom splits?break up phrasal verb [intransitive] to separate into several smaller parts: · In spring, the icebergs begin to break up.separate somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1to divide a group of people or things into smaller groups:  We must separate out these different factors and examine each one.2to remove one type of thing or person from a groupseparate out from Many older people may prefer not to be separated out from the rest of the adult population.
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