Separate
nnoun.communicationa separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publicationSynset:offprint reprint
Derivationally Related Form:reprint
Hypernyms:article
Inherited Hypernyms:offprintarticlenonfictionprosewriting styleexpressive stylecommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:offprintarticlepiececreationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacta garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garmentsHypernyms:garment
Inherited Hypernyms:separategarmentclothingconsumer goodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:separategarmentclothingcoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.stativeact as a barrier between; stand betweenSynset:divide
Examples:- The mountain range divides the two countries
Derivationally Related Form:dividerdivide
Inherited Hypernyms:separate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactforce, take, or pull apartSynset:disunite divide part
Examples:- He separated the fighting children
- Moses parted the Red Sea
Derivationally Related Form:separationpartitive
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:separatemove
Direct Hyponyms:breakbreak upbustcompartmentalisecompartmentalizecutcut updisarticulatedisconnectdisjoindisjointginisolatejointkeep apartpolarisepolarizerupturesequestersequestrateset apartseversnaptear
Causes:divide part separate
Full Troponyms:anatomizeaxebevelbisectborebreakcarvecharacterchasechatterchipchiselchopchop downcircumciseclapperclawclawcleavecompartmentalizeconecounter-drillcradlecrisscrosscrosscutcubecutcut awaydadodetachdiscerpdisconnectdisjoindisjointdissectdockdressengravefellfilletfretfurrowgingirdlegroovehackhashhatchhewhobhoneycombinciseindentjagjointjuliennelaceratelaminatelinelogmanicuremaulmillmincemitermortisemownicknipnotchparepinkplanepolarizepoleaxrebaterecessrelinerendriprough-hewrusticatesabresawscarifyscissorscorescotchscratchscribescuffsculptscythesequesterserratesevershaveshearshredslashsliceslitspudtaptearteasetomahawktransecttrenchtrepantrisectunbinduncoupleundercutunhookvivisectwhipsawwhittleworry
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody | They --- their hair (apply to: part)
vverb.cognitionmark as differentSynset:differentiate distinguish secern secernate severalise severalize tell tell apart
Examples:- We distinguish several kinds of maple
Derivationally Related Form:differencedistinctiondifferentiationdifferentiator
Hypernyms:identify place
Inherited Hypernyms:distinguishidentifydetermine
Direct Hyponyms:contradistinguishcontrastdecoupledemarcatediscriminatedissociatehave the distinctionindividualiseindividualizeknowknow apartlabelseparateseveraliseseveralizesexsingle outstratify
Entailment:compare
Full Troponyms:cloistercontradistinguishcontrastdecoupledemarcatedisadvantagediscriminateghettoizehandicaphave the distinctionhive offindividualizeisolateknowlabellosemaroonprejudicequarantineredlinesecludesegregateseveralizesexstratifysubtilize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s something from somebody
vverb.socialseparate into parts or portionsSynset:carve up dissever divide split split up
Examples:- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Antonyms:unite
Derivationally Related Form:divisibledivisiondividersplit
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:dividechange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:BalkaniseBalkanizecantonformatinitialiseinitializelotparagraphparcelsectionalisesectionalizesliversplintersubdividetriangulateunitiseunitize
Full Troponyms:balkanizecantonformatlotparagraphparcelsectionalizesliversubdividetriangulateunitize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.contactdivide into components or constituentsExamples:- Separate the wheat from the chaff
Derivationally Related Form:separationseparator
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:separatechange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:avulsebreak downbreak upcarddecomposedialysedialyzedisperseextractfilterfilter outfiltratefractionatemaceratepeptisepeptizeseparate outsievesiftstrainteasewash
Full Troponyms:avulsecrackdecomposedialysedigestdispersedissociateextractfilterfractionatemaceratepanpeptizeresiftriceriddlesiftteasewashwinnow
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.cognitionarrange or order by classes or categoriesSynset:assort class classify sort sort out
Examples:- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
Derivationally Related Form:classassortmentsortingclassificatorysortersortclassificationclassifier
Hypernyms:categorise categorize
Inherited Hypernyms:classifycategorizereasonthink
Direct Hyponyms:catalogcataloguecountdichotomisedichotomizegradegroupisolatenumberpigeonholereclassifyrefersizestampstereotypeunitiseunitize
Entailment:compare
Full Troponyms:batchbracketcataloguecollocatecountdichotomizegradegroupisolatepigeonholereclassifyreferregroupsizeunitize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.motionmake a division or separationSynset:divide
Derivationally Related Form:divisibledivisionseparative
Inherited Hypernyms:separate
Direct Hyponyms:breakbreak upclose offdetachdispeldispersedissipatepartitionrailrail offscattershut offzone
Full Troponyms:blastbreakbreak incurtain offdetachdisbanddispersefracturepartitionrailscreen offshattershut offsmashstave in
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.socialdiscontinue an association or relation; go different waysSynset:break break up part split split up
Examples:- The business partners broke over a tax question
- The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
- My friend and I split up
Derivationally Related Form:separationbreakseparatistbreakupsplit
Inherited Hypernyms:separate
Direct Hyponyms:breakbreak apartbreak awaybreak withdisassociatedisjointdissociatedisunifydisunitedivorcegive the axegive the bouncegive the gatesecedesplintersplit up
Full Troponyms:breakbreak withdisassociatedisunifydivorcegive the axesecede
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.motiongo one's own way; move apartSynset:part split
Examples:- The friends separated after the party
Derivationally Related Form:separationsplitparting
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:separatemove
Direct Hyponyms:break updiffractdispersedissipatescatterspread out
Full Troponyms:aerosolizebreakbreak updiffractdisbanddispersevolley
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.changebecome separated into pieces or fragmentsSynset:break come apart fall apart split up
Examples:- The figurine broke
- The freshly baked loaf fell apart
Derivationally Related Form:breakbreakable
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:breakchange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:break openbreak upburstbustcrackcrushfragmentfragmentisefragmentizeladderpuncturerunsmashsnapsplit
Full Troponyms:atomizeblowbreak upbrecciatebruiseburstchampchawchewchompcrumbcrunchcrushgnashgnawgrategrindladdermillmumblepestlepoppoundpulppunctureragshattersmashsnapsplinterstavesunder
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | These glasses --- easily (apply to: break) | The wooden sticks --- (apply to: break)
vverb.socialtreat differently on the basis of sex or raceSynset:discriminate single out
Derivationally Related Form:separativediscriminatorydiscriminationdiscriminator
Hypernyms:differentiate distinguish secern secernate separate severalise severalize tell tell apart
Inherited Hypernyms:discriminatedistinguishidentifydetermine
Direct Hyponyms:disadvantagedisfavordisfavourhive offinsulateisolateredlinesegregate
Full Troponyms:cloisterdisadvantageghettoizehandicaphive offisolatelosemaroonprejudicequarantineredlinesecludesegregate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s (apply to: discriminate) | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: discriminate)
vverb.contactcome apartSynset:divide part
Examples:- The two pieces that we had glued separated
Derivationally Related Form:divisiblepartitiveseparation
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:separatechange
Direct Hyponyms:break awaybreak offbreak upcalvechipchip offcome awaycome offdetachdiscerpdisjoindisjointdismembergerrymanderpartitionpartition offpolarisepolarizereducesectionsegmentsegregatesubdividetake apart
Full Troponyms:absciseblow offcalvechipcut offdetachdisjoindismemberexfoliatefall offgerrymanderpartitionpeel offpolarizepoundquarterreduceroachsegmentsegregatesubdividesyllabifyunsolder
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changedivide into two or more branches so as to form a forkSynset:branch fork furcate ramify
Derivationally Related Form:forkramificationbranchforkingfurcation
Hypernyms:diverge
Inherited Hypernyms:branchdivergemove
Direct Hyponyms:arborisearborizebifurcatetrifurcatetwig
Full Troponyms:arborizebifurcatetrifurcatetwig
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adjadj.allindependent; not united or jointAttributes:separation
Examples:- a problem consisting of two separate issues
- they went their separate ways
- formed a separate church
Antonyms:joint
Derivationally Related Form:separateness
Inherited Hypernyms:separate
Similar to:apart asunder detached isolated separated set-apart discrete distinct disjoint disjunct isolated isolable unaccompanied
See also:divided independent individual other segregated single unintegrated unshared
adj satadj.allstanding apart; not attached to or supported by anythingSynset:freestanding
Examples:- a freestanding bell tower
- a house with a separate garage
Antonyms:attached
Inherited Hypernyms:freestanding
Similar to:detached
adj satadj.allseparated according to race, sex, class, or religionExamples:- separate but equal
- girls and boys in separate classes
Antonyms:integrated
Derivationally Related Form:separateness
Inherited Hypernyms:separate
Similar to:segregated unintegrated
adj satadj.allhave the connection undone; having become separateSynset:disjoined
Antonyms:connected
Inherited Hypernyms:disjoined
Similar to:unconnected