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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By making Monday's result non-binding, she got around a court decision blocking the pro-separation petition because it failed to consult indigenous First Nations whose land would be affected if the province separated.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The other five pairs were separated by gaps measuring only a few millimeters.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
Whether or not you think she’s guilty of fraud, she is about to be separated from her infant and toddler until they’re in grade school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
That same evening a bull separated itself from the herd and came up to my mother’s hut.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
