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Separate Separated Verb Ayırmak Ayrılmak People Things Stop

Level B1 
Kind verb
Front separate 
IPA  /ˈsepəreɪt   / verb
Back ayrı tutmak, ayırmak
ayrılmak
Back 2

separate (verb)

 /ˈsepəreɪt   / verb
 
 1 [transitive]
 separate sb/sth (from sb/sth)
to keep people or things apart; to be between people or things with the result that they are apart
ayrı tutmak, ayırmak
 The two sides of the city are separated by the river.
 Often the language barrier separates different parts of a community.
SYNONYM DIVIDE1
 2 [intransitive, transitive]
separate (sb/sth) (from sb/sth)
to stop being together; to cause people or things to stop being together
ayrılmak;
ayırmak
 I think we should separate into two groups.
 The friends separated at the airport.
 I got separated from my friends in the crowd.
 When the players started fighting, the referee moved in to separate them.
 Separate the egg yolk from the white.
 3 [intransitive]
to stop living together as a couple with your wife, husband or partner
ayrılmak
 His parents separated when he was still a baby.
 

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