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单词 separation
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separationnoun

uk/ˌsep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/

B2 [ U or S ] a situation in which two or more people or things are separated:

During the war many couples had to endure long periods of separation (= not being together).
After many years the South African government finally abandoned its apartheid system of racial separation.

B2 [ C or U ] an arrangement, often legal, by which two married people stop living together as a couple:

Couples may agree to divorce each other after a separation.
They're considering separation as an option.

More examples

  • the pain of separation
  • One common cause of homelessness is separation or divorce.
  • We thought we'd try a period of separation.
  • In most cases, separation is followed by divorce.
  • I suggested a trial separation.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Separateness and isolation in space

  • apart
  • atomistic
  • atomized
  • bitty
  • cloistered
  • distance
  • distance yourself from sth
  • divorced
  • freely
  • give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
  • hermetically sealed
  • loose
  • loosely
  • parted
  • privacy
  • private
  • purdah
  • uninhabited
  • untethered
  • wide

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Court cases, orders & decisions
Relationships: ending & divorce

separationnoun [ C/U ]

us/ˌsep·əˈreɪ·ʃən/

the act of separating two or more people or things, or the state of being separated:

[ U ] The laws now require the separation of garbage that can be recycled, such as newspapers and glass bottles.

A separation is an arrangement, often a legal one, by which two married people stop living together as husband and wife.

separationnoun [ C or U ]

uk/ˌsepərˈeɪʃən/usHR

the act of leaving your job:

Employees were offered voluntary separation packages.
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