Meaning & use
separate
To divide or set apart from something else, or to stop being together.
See it in a sentence
The teacher separated the students into four small discussion groups.
The couple decided to separate after fifteen years of marriage.
A note on using this word
"Separate" also works as an adjective (a separate issue), with the stress and pronunciation shifting slightly from the verb form.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
combineunite
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Not connected to or the same as something else; distinct.
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