separate
verb (used with object)
to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space.
separated
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past participleof separate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof separate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
separateverb (used with object)to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space.
Example Sentences
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His wife, who is separated from him, lived in their Manhattan apartment until 2023, when she relocated to her own apartment in Miami Beach, records show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
In the debut episode, Robach and Holmes detailed how the scandal unfolded and insisted they’d been quietly separated from their spouses before their love affair began.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Down a flight of leopard-print stairs, the lower level is home to two expansive bedroom suites, separated by a media room, which could also serve as a third bedroom.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
In a lab at the Center for DNA Identification in Hanoi last week, technicians carefully cut into bone fragments separated from remains to extract samples for DNA analysis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Whether it was finding a perfect family who ended up returning him like a broken gift, or a kind mother who came with terrible brothers, or simply being separated from his sister—something always went wrong.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
