Tra từ separate - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sep·ar·ate [separate separates separated separating] adjective, verb
adjective BrE [ˈseprət] ; NAmE [ˈseprət]
1. ~ (from sth/sb) forming a unit by itself; not joined to sth else
•separate bedrooms
• Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat.
• The school is housed in two separate buildings.
•Write a list of names on a separate piece of paper.
2. usually before noun different; not connected
• It happened on three separate occasions.
• For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives.
more at under separate cover at ↑cover _n.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin separat- ‘disjoined, divided’, from the verb separare, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’.

Thesaurus:
separate adj.
•They lead totally separate lives.
distinct • • individual • • single • • respective • • particular • • specific •
Opp: joint, Opp: communal
a/an separate/distinct/individual/single/particular/specific category/region
respective categories/regions
a separate/single/particular/specific event/incident/occasion

Word Family:
separate adjective
separately adverb
separable adjective (≠ inseparable)
separate verb
separated adjective
separation noun

Example Bank:
•The two groups are essentially separate and independent.
•The waste water is kept entirely separate from the rainwater.
•The women are kept separate from the men.
•They decided to go their separate ways after being together for five years.
•a lifestyle which is quite separate from that of her parents
•species from widely separate parts of the world
•to merge the two previously separate businesses
•They sleep in separate bedrooms.
Idiom: ↑go your separate ways
Derived Word: ↑separateness
Derived: ↑separate out ▪ ↑separate something out

verb BrE [ˈsepəreɪt] ; NAmE [ˈsepəreɪt]
1. intransitive, transitive to divide into different parts or groups; to divide things into different parts or groups
• Stir the sauce constantly so that it does not separate.
•~ sth Separate the eggs (= separate the ↑yolk from the white).
•~ sth from/and sth It is impossible to separate belief from emotion.
•~ sth into sth Make a list of points and separate them into ‘desirable’ and ‘essential’.
2. intransitive, transitive to move apart; to make people or things move apart
• South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago.
•~ from sth South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago.
•~ into sth We separated into several different search parties.
•~ sb/sth Police tried to separate the two men who were fighting.
•The war separated many families.
•~ sb/sth from/and sb/sth Those suffering from infectious diseases were separated from the other patients.
3. transitive to be between two people, areas, countries, etc. so that they are not touching or connected
•~ sb/sth A thousand kilometres separates the two cities.
•~ sb/sth from/and sb A high wall separated our back yard from the playing field.
4. intransitive to stop living together as a couple with your husband, wife or partner
• They separated last year.
•~ from sb He separated from his wife after 20 years of marriage.
5. transitive ~ sb/sth (from sb/sth) to make sb/sth different in some way from sb/sth else
Syn: ↑divide
•Politics is the only thing that separates us (= that we disagree about).
•Her lack of religious faith separated her from the rest of her family.
•The judges found it impossible to separate the two contestants (= they gave them equal scores).
•Only four points separate the top three teams.
see separate/sort out the men from the boys at ↑man _n., sort out/separate the sheep from the goats at ↑sheep, sort out/separate the wheat from the chaff at ↑wheat
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin separat- ‘disjoined, divided’, from the verb separare, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’.

Thesaurus:
separate verb
1. I, T
•It is impossible to separate belief from emotion.
disentangle • • sort sth out • • filter sth out • |formal divorce •
separate/disentangle/sort out/divorce sth from sth else
separate/disentangle the strands of sth
be totally/easily separated/divorced from sth
2. I, T
•The war separated many families.
break (sth) up • • scatter • • isolate • • cut sb/sth off • |written disperse • |formal part • • divide • • segregate •
separate/isolate/cut off/part/divide/segregate sb/sth from sb/sth else
a crowd scatters/disperses/parts
3. T
•A high wall separated the school from the park.
divide • • partition • • mark sth off • • fence sth off • • cordon sth off • • seal sth off •
separate/divide/partition sth into different sections/areas
separate/divide/partition/mark off/fence off/cordon off/seal off an area
a wall separates/divides sth from sth else
4. I
•He separated from his wife last year.
split (up) • • break up • • divorce • • get divorced •
separate/split (up) from sb
split (up)/break up with sb
a couple separates/splits (up)/breaks up/divorces/gets divorced

Word Family:
separate adjective
separately adverb
separable adjective (≠ inseparable)
separate verb
separated adjective
separation noun

Collocations:
Marriage and divorce
Romance
fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with sb)
be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
be/find true love/the love of your life
suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for sb/sth
meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have/go on a (blind) date
be going out with/ (especially NAmE) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
Weddings
get/be engaged/married/divorced
arrange/plan a wedding
have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
have/enter into an arranged marriage
call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
invite sb to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
Separation and divorce
be unfaithful to/ (informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have an affair (with sb)
break off/end an engagement/a relationship
break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
annul/dissolve a marriage
apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)

Example Bank:
•A magnet separates out scrap iron from the rubbish.
•He had recently separated from his wife.
•I separated the documents into two piles.
•It was impossible to separate the rival fans.
•Mechanically separated meat made from cattle and sheep has now been banned.
•One cannot easily separate moral, social and political issues.
•She is separated from her husband.
•Slave parents were forcibly separated from their children.
•The boys are separated from the girls.
•The disciplines of science and engineering are not always sharply separated.
•The two groups became widely separated.
•These two branches of the science have now become clearly separated.
•an island resort totally separated from the mainland
•A high wall separated our block from the playing field.
•A thousand kilometres separate the two cities.
•First, separate the eggs.
•Politics is the only thing that separates us.
•The judges found it impossible to separate the two contestants.
•Two men separated from the others and walked towards me.