separate

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Meanings
adjective
  • forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.
    E.g. this raises two separate issues
verb
  • cause to move or be apart.
    E.g. both owners were trying to separate the dogs
  • divide into constituent or distinct elements.
    E.g. the processed milk had separated into curds and whey
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.
    E.g. analysis of mineral separates from six cordierite-bearing strata

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