SEPARATE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary 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 cake into equal parts
Separate - definition of separate by The Free Dictionary 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)
separate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective separate (not comparable) Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else) This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces
separate - WordReference. com Dictionary of English 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