SEPARATE definition: to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space. See examples of separate used in a sentence.

The meaning of SEPARATE is to set or keep apart : disconnect, sever. How to use separate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Separate.

SEPARATE definition: 1. existing or happening independently or in a different physical space: 2. to (cause to) divide…. Learn more.

Separate applies both to putting apart and to keeping apart: "In the darkness and confusion, the bands of these commanders became separated from each other" (Washington Irving).

To separate is to remove from each other things previously associated: to separate a mother from her children. To divide is to split or break up carefully according to measurement, rule, or plan: to divide a …

Separate, divide imply a putting apart or keeping apart of things from each other. To separate is to remove from each other things previously associated: to separate a mother from her children.

Definition of separate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.