separate

/ˈsɛpəˌreɪt/

verbadjectivesep · a · rate

Think: “SEP-A-RATE” — you *separate* things at a *rate* (rate = the last part of the word).

Yes, it's separate. Don’t write **seperate**—the middle is **-par-**: **sep-a-rate**.

Definitions

  1. verbto divide or move apart; to keep things from being together
  2. adjectivenot joined or connected; different or kept apart

Examples

  • Please separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before washing.
  • The teacher asked us to separate into groups of four.
  • They live in separate houses, but they still see each other often.

Synonyms

dividesplitdetachsegregateisolate

Antonyms

combinejoinunite

Translations

ES separarPT separarFR séparer

Common misspellings

seperetesepratesepareteseperateseperrateseperatedseperatseperately

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