Separate ˈseprət Adjective Begun Sleep Rooms Raw Meat

• they have begun to sleep in separate rooms.
• 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.

separate

Word Family

• separate adjective
• separately adverb
• separable adjective (≠ inseparable)
• separate verb
• separated adjective
• separation noun
1. forming a unit by itself; not joined to something else
• They have begun to sleep in separate rooms.
• 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. different; not connected
• a separate incident/issue
• The companies now exist as two separate entities.
• I try to keep my private life separate from my work.
• This is a completely separate matter.
• It happened on three separate occasions.
• Their ultimate political goal is the creation of a separate state.
• For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives.
• The two groups are essentially separate and independent.
• to merge the two previously separate businesses
• species from widely separate parts of the world
3. to end a relationship with somebody
• When the business was sold they went their separate ways.
• They decided to go their separate ways after being together for five years.
• When we finished school, we all went our separate ways.
4. to go in a different direction from somebody you have been travelling with
5. in a separate envelope
• The information you requested is being forwarded to you under separate cover.

Word Origin

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