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single-out
To select one from a group and treat differently
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  1. To select one from a group and treat differently
part
(Archaic) To distribute; share; apportion
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  1. (Archaic) To distribute; share; apportion
  2. (Archaic) To divide into shares or portions.
  3. Partially; in part:
divide
To separate and group according to kind; classify.
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  1. To separate and group according to kind; classify.
  2. To subject (a number) to the process of division.
  3. To be or become separate; part
undo
To open (a parcel, for example); unwrap.
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  1. To open (a parcel, for example); unwrap.
  2. To put an end to; bring to ruin, disgrace, or downfall
  3. To reverse the effects of an action. syn.
distribute
To apportion so as to be evenly spread throughout a given area:
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  1. To apportion so as to be evenly spread throughout a given area:
  2. To divide and dispense in portions.
  3. To place in separate pieces or examples over an area; scatter:
sever
To break up (a relationship, for example); dissolve.
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  1. To break up (a relationship, for example); dissolve.
  2. To part or break off, as by cutting or with force; cut in two
  3. To cut off (a part) from a whole:
sunder
To form a barrier or border between:
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  1. To form a barrier or border between:
  2. To become broken into parts or disunited.
  3. To break apart; separate; part; split
isolate
To cause to be alone or apart, as in being inaccessible or unable to move about:
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  1. To cause to be alone or apart, as in being inaccessible or unable to move about:
  2. To cause to become socially or politically unengaged or ostracized:
  3. To render free of external influence; insulate:
insulate
To set apart; detach from the rest; isolate
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  1. To set apart; detach from the rest; isolate
  2. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position.
  3. To separate or cover with a nonconducting material in order to prevent the passage or leakage of electricity, heat, sound, radioactive particles, etc.
sequester
To remove or isolate (a chemical, often a gas) from an environment by incorporation, mixing, or insertion under pressure:
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  1. To remove or isolate (a chemical, often a gas) from an environment by incorporation, mixing, or insertion under pressure:
  2. To set off or apart; separate; segregate; often, to segregate or isolate (the jury) during a trial
  3. To take and hold (property) by judicial authority, for safekeeping or as security, until a legal dispute is resolved
seclude
To make private or hidden; screen
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  1. To make private or hidden; screen
  2. To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw from society or into solitude: as, to seclude oneself from the world.
  3. To keep away or apart from others; bar or shut off from the view of or relations with others; isolate
rope-off
To enclose by ropes; to cordon off
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  1. To enclose by ropes; to cordon off
segregate
To cause (people or institutions, for example) to be separated on the basis of race, sex, religion, or another factor.
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  1. To cause (people or institutions, for example) to be separated on the basis of race, sex, religion, or another factor.
  2. To separate from the main mass and collect together in a new body
  3. To set apart from others or from the main mass or group; isolate; specif., to impose a system of segregation on (racial groups, social facilities, etc.)
intervene
To involve oneself in a situation so as to alter or hinder an action or development:
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  1. To involve oneself in a situation so as to alter or hinder an action or development:
  2. To come, appear, or lie between two things:
  3. To come between as an influence, as in order to modify, settle, or hinder some action, argument, etc.
split-up
(Intransitive, idiomatic, Of a group of people) Cease to be together, break apart from the group.
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  1. (Intransitive, idiomatic, Of a group of people) Cease to be together, break apart from the group.
  2. Separate, disassociate, cause to come apart.
take-leave
(Often with of) To depart.
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  1. (Often with of) To depart.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see take,‎ leave.
go away
To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation.
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  1. To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation.
  2. To become invisible, vanish or disappear.
depart
To set out; start
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  1. To set out; start
  2. To vary, as from a regular course; deviate:
  3. To go away; leave:
assign
To transfer one’s duty, interest, or right to another, especially regarding property or under a contract, so that the transferee has the same duty, interest, or right as the transferor had. See also assignment and delegate.
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  1. To transfer one’s duty, interest, or right to another, especially regarding property or under a contract, so that the transferee has the same duty, interest, or right as the transferor had. See also assignment and delegate.
  2. (Law) To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.
  3. To give out as a task; allot:
distribute
To place in separate pieces or examples over an area; scatter:
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  1. To place in separate pieces or examples over an area; scatter:
  2. To apportion so as to be evenly spread throughout a given area:
  3. (Logic) To use (a term) so as to include all individuals or entities of a given class.
group
To place or arrange in a group:
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  1. To place or arrange in a group:
  2. In the Periodic Table, a vertical column that contains elements having the same number of electrons in the outermost shell of their atoms. Elements in the same group have similar chemical properties.
  3. To belong to or form a group:
break
To overcome or put an end to, especially by force or strong opposition:
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  1. To overcome or put an end to, especially by force or strong opposition:
  2. To part or pierce the surface of:
  3. To scatter or disperse; part:
detach
To send (troops, ships, etc.) on a special mission
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  1. To send (troops, ships, etc.) on a special mission
  2. (Military) To separate for a special object or use.
  3. To remove from association or union with something:
disjoin
To undo the joining of; separate; detach
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  1. To undo the joining of; separate; detach
  2. (Obs.) To become separated
disjoint
To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
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  1. To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
  2. To fall into pieces.
  3. To become dislocated.
disunite
To destroy or take away the unity of; divide or separate
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  1. To destroy or take away the unity of; divide or separate
  2. To cause disagreement or alienation among or within.
  3. To separate or become separate.
divide
To use (a number) as a divisor:
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  1. To use (a number) as a divisor:
  2. To subject (a number) to the process of division.
  3. To be or become separate; part
divorce
To dissolve legally a marriage between; separate by divorce
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  1. To dissolve legally a marriage between; separate by divorce
  2. The termination of a marriage by court order; the state of having terminated a marriage.
  3. To end marriage with (one's spouse) by way of legal divorce.
part
(Archaic) To divide into shares or portions.
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  1. (Archaic) To divide into shares or portions.
  2. (Naut.) To break or undergo the breaking of (a hawser, chain, etc.)
  3. Partially; in part:
split
To divide into parts or shares; portion out
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  1. To divide into parts or shares; portion out
  2. (Slang) To leave a place; depart
  3. (Informal) To become divided or part company as a result of discord or disagreement:
dissever
To become separated or disunited.
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  1. To become separated or disunited.
  2. To divide into parts; break up.
  3. To separate or part; disunite
divide
To separate and group according to kind; classify.
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  1. To separate and group according to kind; classify.
  2. To subject (a number) to the process of division.
  3. To be or become separate; part
part
To break or divide into separate parts
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  1. To break or divide into separate parts
  2. (Archaic) To divide into shares or portions.
  3. Partially; in part:
partition
To divide or separate by means of a partition.
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  1. To divide or separate by means of a partition.
  2. A separator of one space from another; a separation by a court of real estate owned jointly into two or more separately owned parcels, so that each of the former joint owners may enjoy having his or her own estate. A separator of one space from another; a separation by a court of real estate owned jointly into two or more separately owned parcels, so that each of the former joint owners may enjoy having his or her own estate. to separate a single parcel into two.
  3. To divide (a country) into separate, autonomous nations.
section
To separate or divide into parts.
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  1. To separate or divide into parts.
  2. (Informal) To perform a cesarean section on.
  3. To shade or crosshatch (part of a drawing) to indicate sections.
segment
The portion of a line between any two of its points.
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  1. The portion of a line between any two of its points.
  2. The region bounded by an arc of a circle and the chord that connects the endpoints of the arc.
  3. The portion of a sphere included between a pair of parallel planes that intersect it or are tangent to it.
sift
To examine (something) carefully.
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  1. To examine (something) carefully.
  2. To scatter (a pulverized substance) by or as by the use of a sieve
  3. To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
sort
To make a search or examination of a collection of things:
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  1. To make a search or examination of a collection of things:
  2. (Comput.) To arrange data or a group of records in a particular way, as chronologically or alphabetically, for more efficient access
  3. To separate from others:
winnow
To examine closely in order to separate the good from the bad; sift:
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  1. To examine closely in order to separate the good from the bad; sift:
  2. To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate:
  3. To sort out or extract (the good or useful parts)
assort
To separate into groups according to kind; classify.
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  1. To separate into groups according to kind; classify.
  2. To agree in kind; fall into the same class.
  3. To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
categorize
To place in a category; classify
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  1. To place in a category; classify
  2. To put into a category or categories; classify.
  3. To assign a category; to divide into classes.
class
To put in a class; classify
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  1. To put in a class; classify
  2. A taxonomic category of organisms ranking above an order and below a phylum or division. In modern taxonomic schemes, the names of classes end in –phyceae for the various groups of algae, –mycetes for fungi, and –opsida for plants (as in Liliopsida, the class of plants also termed monocotyledons). The names of classes belonging to phyla of the animal kingdom, however, are formed in various ways, as Osteichthyes the bony fishes, Aves, the birds, and Mammalia, the mammals, all of which are classes belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata (the vertebrates) in the phylum Chordata.
  3. To arrange, group, or rate according to qualities or characteristics; assign to a class; classify.
classify
To designate (a document, for example) as confidential, secret, or top secret.
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  1. To designate (a document, for example) as confidential, secret, or top secret.
  2. To arrange or group in classes according to some system or principle
  3. To arrange or organize according to class or category.
group
To place or arrange in a group:
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  1. To place or arrange in a group:
  2. (Mathematics) A set with an operation whose domain is all ordered pairs of members of the set, such that the operation is binary (operates on two elements) and associative, the set contains the identity element of the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element for the operation. The positive and negative integers and zero form a set that is a group under the operation of ordinary addition, since zero is the identity element of addition and the negative of each integer is its inverse. Groups are used extensively in quantum physics and chemistry to model phenomena involving symmetry and invariance.
  3. To belong to or form a group:
pigeonhole
To put in the pigeonhole of a desk, etc.
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  1. To put in the pigeonhole of a desk, etc.
  2. To assign to a category or categories; classify
  3. To place or file in a small compartment or recess.
sort
To separate from others:
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  1. To separate from others:
  2. (Comput.) To arrange data or a group of records in a particular way, as chronologically or alphabetically, for more efficient access
  3. To place or arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify:
differentiate
To perceive or show the difference in or between; discriminate.
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  1. To perceive or show the difference in or between; discriminate.
  2. To make different by alteration or modification.
  3. (Math.) To work out the differential or derivative of (a function)
discern
To separate (a thing) mentally from another or others; recognize as separate or different
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  1. To separate (a thing) mentally from another or others; recognize as separate or different
  2. To perceive with the eyes; detect or distinguish:
  3. To perceive or recognize; make out clearly
discriminate
To recognize the difference between; distinguish
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  1. To recognize the difference between; distinguish
  2. To make distinctions on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit, especially to show prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, gender, or a similar social factor:
  3. To see the difference (between things); distinguish
distinguish
To perceive clearly; recognize plainly by any of the senses
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  1. To perceive clearly; recognize plainly by any of the senses
  2. To make famous or eminent; give distinction to
  3. To perceive or indicate differences; discriminate:
know
To be able to distinguish; recognize as distinct:
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  1. To be able to distinguish; recognize as distinct:
  2. To have a practical understanding of, as through experience; be skilled in:
  3. To regard as true beyond doubt:
tell
To express in words; utter; say
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  1. To express in words; utter; say
  2. To reveal something that is not supposed to be revealed, especially something that someone has done wrong:
  3. To let know; inform; acquaint
cut off
To remove via cutting.
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  1. To remove via cutting.
  2. To stop providing funds to someone.
  3. To end abruptly.
insulate
To cause to be in a detached or isolated position.
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  1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position.
  2. To set apart; detach from the rest; isolate
  3. To separate or cover with a nonconducting material in order to prevent the passage or leakage of electricity, heat, sound, radioactive particles, etc.
isolate
(Med.) To place or keep (a patient) apart from others to prevent the spread of infection
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  1. (Med.) To place or keep (a patient) apart from others to prevent the spread of infection
  2. To identify or distinguish as a separate entity or group:
  3. (Microbiol.) To grow a pure culture of (a microbe), usually as individual colonies on a solid medium
seclude
To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude.
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  1. To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude.
  2. To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw from society or into solitude: as, to seclude oneself from the world.
  3. To set or keep apart, as from social contact with others.
segregate
To become separated or distinguished:
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  1. To become separated or distinguished:
  2. To cause (people or institutions, for example) to be separated on the basis of race, sex, religion, or another factor.
  3. To set apart from others or from the main mass or group; isolate; specif., to impose a system of segregation on (racial groups, social facilities, etc.)
sequester
To isolate or keep apart from all others, as in sequestering certain funds or sequestering a jury. See also sequestration. To isolate or keep apart from all others, as in sequestering certain funds or sequestering a jury. See also sequestration.
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  1. To isolate or keep apart from all others, as in sequestering certain funds or sequestering a jury. See also sequestration. To isolate or keep apart from all others, as in sequestering certain funds or sequestering a jury. See also sequestration.
  2. To set off or apart; separate; segregate; often, to segregate or isolate (the jury) during a trial
  3. To remove or isolate (a chemical, often a gas) from an environment by incorporation, mixing, or insertion under pressure:
break off
To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
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  1. To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
  2. To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping
part
(Archaic) To distribute; share; apportion
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  1. (Archaic) To distribute; share; apportion
  2. (Archaic) To divide into shares or portions.
  3. Partially; in part:
demobilize
To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
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  1. To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
  2. To discharge from military service or use.
  3. To discharge (a person) from the armed forces
discharge
To undergo or cause the release of stored energy or electric charge, as from a battery or capacitor.
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  1. To undergo or cause the release of stored energy or electric charge, as from a battery or capacitor.
  2. To release, as from confinement, care, or duty:
  3. To shoot:
discrete
Consisting of unconnected distinct parts:
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  1. Consisting of unconnected distinct parts:
  2. Constituting a separate thing:
  3. Separate and distinct; not attached to others; unrelated
individual
Existing as a distinct entity; separate:
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  1. Existing as a distinct entity; separate:
  2. Existing as a single, separate thing or being; single; separate; particular
  3. Of or relating to an individual, especially a single human:
particular
Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional:
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  1. Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional:
  2. Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal:
  3. Of or belonging to a single, definite person, part, group, or thing; not general; distinct
single
Designed to accommodate one person or thing:
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  1. Designed to accommodate one person or thing:
  2. Separate from others; individual and distinct:
  3. Honest; undisguised:
singular
(Logic) Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
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  1. (Logic) Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
  2. (Archaic) Existing apart from others; separate; individual
  3. (Grammar) Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
lone
(Archaic) single; unmarried, or in widowhood
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  1. (Archaic) single; unmarried, or in widowhood
  2. Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
  3. Sole; being the only one of a type.
one
Being uniquely or strikingly the person or thing specified
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  1. Being uniquely or strikingly the person or thing specified
  2. Designating a person or thing as contrasted with or opposed to another or others
  3. Being a single entity, unit, object, or living being:
only
Alone in a category.
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  1. Alone in a category.
  2. Most suitable of all; superior or excellent:
  3. Alone in kind or class; sole:
particular
Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal:
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  1. Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal:
  2. Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional:
  3. Of or belonging to a single, definite person, part, group, or thing; not general; distinct
single
Without another or others; alone; solitary
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  1. Without another or others; alone; solitary
  2. Separate from others; individual and distinct:
  3. One only; one and no more; individual
singular
(Archaic) Existing apart from others; separate; individual
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  1. (Archaic) Existing apart from others; separate; individual
  2. (Grammar) Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
  3. Being the only one of its kind; single; unique
sole
Given or belonging to no other; not shared or divided; exclusive
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  1. Given or belonging to no other; not shared or divided; exclusive
  2. Acting, working, etc. alone without help
  3. Of or having to do with only one (specified) person or group
solitary
(Botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
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  1. (Botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
  2. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.
  3. Single; individual; sole.
unique
Characteristic only of a particular category or entity:
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  1. Characteristic only of a particular category or entity:
  2. Distinctively associated with or characteristic of a particular group, category, condition, location, etc.
  3. One and only; single; sole
discrete
Designating or of an electronic circuit having separate transistors, resistors, etc.
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  1. Designating or of an electronic circuit having separate transistors, resistors, etc.
  2. Made up of distinct parts; discontinuous
  3. Separate and distinct; not attached to others; unrelated
distinct
Easily perceived by the senses:
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  1. Easily perceived by the senses:
  2. Not alike; different
  3. Readily distinguishable from all others; discrete:
several
More than one but fewer than many (said of persons, places, or things); separate or distinct, but not requisitely independent (said of liability); various or differing (said of things). See also joint and several liability. More than one but fewer than many (said of persons, places, or things); separate or distinct, but not requisitely independent (said of liability); various or differing (said of things). See also joint and several liability.
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  1. More than one but fewer than many (said of persons, places, or things); separate or distinct, but not requisitely independent (said of liability); various or differing (said of things). See also joint and several liability. More than one but fewer than many (said of persons, places, or things); separate or distinct, but not requisitely independent (said of liability); various or differing (said of things). See also joint and several liability.
  2. Being of a number more than two or three but not many:
  3. Respectively different; various:
various
Being more than one; several:
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  1. Being more than one; several:
  2. Unlike; different:
  3. Several or many

Synonym Study

  • Sunder , now largely a literary term, implies a violent splitting, tearing, or wrenching apart
  • Part is now usually applied to the separation of persons or things that have been closely connected or associated refused to part with his teddy bear sever implies a forcible and complete separation, as by cutting off a part from a whole to sever a branch from a tree, severed all relations with her brother
  • Divide implies a separation into parts, pieces, groups, etc. by or as by cutting, splitting, branching, etc., often for purposes of apportionment to divide the profits into equal shares
  • Separate implies the putting apart of things previously united, joined, or assembled to separate machine parts, a family, etc.
Find another word for separate. In this page you can discover 113 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for separate, like: single-out, part, divide, undo, distribute, sever, sunder, isolate, insulate, sequester and seclude.

Sentence Examples

  • Absolutely. You are two separate people.

  • When she gave none, he proceeded down a separate hall.

  • Elisabeth and Miriam drove separate cars to Fairhaven.

  • Each of us could find separate areas to be alone but remain close to each other.

  • It's a one-week tour, each day a separate segment, with every­one riding at their own pace—within reason.

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