Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪd/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈsɛp.əˌɹæɪ.tɪd/
Pronunciation notes
- Australia
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ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪd
Adjective
Detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
Estranged; living apart but not divorced.
Usage- of spouses
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my parents are separated
Adjective
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
- Examples
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she felt detached from the group
thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
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had a set-apart feeling
spaced apart
- Synonyms
separated at the joint
- Synonyms
- Examples
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a dislocated knee
a separated shoulder
no longer connected or joined
- Synonyms
- Examples
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a detached part
on one side of the island was a huge rock, almost detached
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the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases