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Separated

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Adjective

1. detached, isolated, separated, set-apart

being or feeling set or kept apart from others

Example Sentences:
'she felt detached from the group'
'could not remain the isolated figure he had been'
'thought of herself as alone and separated from the others'
'had a set-apart feeling'

2. separated, spaced

spaced apart

3. disjointed, dislocated, separated

separated at the joint

Example Sentences:
'a dislocated knee'
'a separated shoulder'

4. detached, separated

no longer connected or joined

Example Sentences:
'a detached part'
'on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached'
'the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Separated

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adjective
1. 
no longer living with one's spouse
Most single parents are either divorced or separated.
Tristan had been separated from his wife for two years.
2. 
away or apart from someone
The idea of being separated from him, even for a few hours, was torture.
They're trying their best to bring together those separated families.

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Separated

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v. sep·a·rat·ed, sep·a·rat·ing, sep·a·rates
v.tr.
1.
a. To set, force, or keep apart: The referee separated the two boxers.
b. To put space between; space apart or scatter: small farms that were separated one from another by miles of open land.
c. To form a border or barrier between (two areas or groups): A hedge separates the two yards.
d. To place in different groups; sort: separate mail by postal zones.
2.
a. To differentiate or discriminate between; distinguish: a researcher who separated the various ethnic components of the population sample.
b. To cause to be distinct or different: His natural talent separates him from all the others in the choir.
3. To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.
4. To cause (one person) to stop living with another, or to cause (a couple) to stop living together, often by decree: She was separated from her husband last year. The couple have been separated for a year.
5. To terminate a contractual relationship with (someone); discharge.
v.intr.
1. To come apart; become detached: The lining has separated from the inside of the coat.
2. To withdraw or break away: The state threatened to separate from the Union.
3. To part company; go away from each other; disperse: The friends separated at the end of the school year.
4. To stop living together as a couple: They separated after 10 years of marriage.
5. To become divided into components or parts: Oil and water tend to separate.
adj. (sĕpər-ĭt, sĕprĭt)
1. Not touching or adjoined; detached: The garage is separate from the house.
2.
a. Existing or considered as an independent entity: The reference collection is separate from the rest of the library.
b. Dissimilar from all others; distinct or individual: a cable made of many separate fibers; two people who hold separate views on the issue.
c. often Separate Having undergone schism or estrangement from a parent body: Separate churches.
n. (sĕpər-ĭt, sĕprĭt)
Something that is separate or distinct, especially:
a. A garment, such as a skirt, jacket, or pair of slacks, that may be purchased separately and worn in various combinations with other garments.
b. A stereo component that is purchased separately and connected to other components as part of a system.
c. An offprint of an article.

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