separate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsɛp.ɹət/

Verb

transitive intransitive obsolete

(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts. / (transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. / (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.

Japanese Meaning

物を分割して別々の部分にする / 集団や塊から分離して独立させる / 物や人を分離させる

What is this buttons?

Please separate the recyclables from the rest of the trash before disposal.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

処分する前に、リサイクルできるものをその他のごみから分けてください。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.

Separate the articles from the headings.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.

From the fine gold I separate the allay [alloy].

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.

It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.

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