separate
adjective
• forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.
• "this raises two separate issues"
Similar:
unconnected,
unrelated,
different,
discrete,
distinct,
disparate,
detached,
divorced,
disconnected,
independent,
autonomous,
respective,
individual,
particular,
several,
separate
verb
• cause to move or be apart.
• "both owners were trying to separate the dogs"
Opposite:
unite,
bring together,
• divide into constituent or distinct elements.
• "the processed milk had separated into curds and whey"
Similar:
isolate,
set apart,
put to one side,
segregate,
sort out,
sift out,
winnow out,
filter out,
remove,
weed out,
distinguish,
differentiate,
dissociate,
separate
noun
• individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.
• the self-contained, free-standing components of a sound-reproduction system.
• portions into which a soil, sediment, etc. can be sorted according to particle size, mineral composition, or other criteria.
• "analysis of mineral separates from six cordierite-bearing strata"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin separat- ‘disjoined, divided’, from the verb separare, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’.
