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.