separate

[ˈsepəreɪt]

Definition:
1. Independent; not united or joint.
2. Different; not connected.
3. Not living together as man and wife.

Use 'separate' in a sentence:

• 1. Rubbish can easily be separated and sorted into plastics, glass and paper.
• 2. Police moved in to separate the two groups.
• 3. Make a list of points and separate them into 'desirable' and 'essential'.
• 4. A high wall separated our back yard from the playing field.
• 5. You will need to create separate fields for first name, surname and address.
• 6. He had become separated from his parents in the ensuing panic.
• 7. Men and women have separate exercise rooms.
• 8. He rescued the company and later spun off its textile division into a separate entity.
• 9. The question muddles up three separate issues.
• 10. The two were tried in the same courthouse at the same time, on separate floors.
• 11. It happened on three separate occasions.
• 12. They have been seen together on two separate occasions.
• 13. They are likely to be well disposed to an offer of a separate peace deal.
• 14. Stir the sauce constantly so that it does not separate.
• 15. They separated last year.
• 16. The school is housed in two separate buildings.
• 17. It is difficult to separate legend from truth.
• 18. The judges found it impossible to separate the two contestants.
• 19. Is it possible to separate truth from fiction?
• 20. I've always kept my private and professional life separate.
• 21. The transportation operation will be spun off into a separate company.
• 22. It is impossible to separate belief from emotion.
• 23. We separated into several different search parties.
• 24. The islands are separated by a narrow strip of water.
• 25. They are now making plans to form their own separate party.
• 26. Let's separate into smaller groups.
• 27. It was absolutely essential to separate crops from the areas that animals used as pasture.
• 28. Five separate companies, all operating as self-standing units, are now one.
• 29. Kelly had scored an average of 147 on three separate IQ tests.
• 30. Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat.
• 31. The war separated many families.
• 32. The unit has become part of a larger department and no longer exists as a separate entity.
• 33. Police tried to separate the two men who were fighting.
• 34. The information you requested is being forwarded to you under separate cover.
• 35. Only four points separate the top three teams.
• 36. You can liquefy the carbon dioxide to separate it from the other constituents.
• 37. It is essential to keep the two groups separate.
• 38. If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out.
• 39. Those suffering from infectious diseases were separated from the other patients.
• 40. Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority.
• 41. South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago.
• 42. South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago.
• 43. A bead curtain separated the two rooms.
• 44. The ability to separate out reusable elements from other waste is crucial.
• 45. The schools were adjacent but there were separate doors.
• 46. For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives.
• 47. He's been separated from his wife for a year.
• 48. He separated from his wife after 20 years of marriage.
• 49. They want to separate teaching from research.
• 50. Far from being separate, the mind and body form an indivisible whole.