NOUN | state | separation | the state of lacking unity |
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event | separation, breakup, detachment | coming apart | |
attribute | separation, interval | the distance between things | |
act | separation | sorting one thing from others | |
act | separation | the social act of separating or parting company | |
location | separation | the space where a division or parting occurs | |
event | separation | the termination of employment / employment (by resignation or dismissal) | |
act | separation, legal separation | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement / agreement or under a court order) | |
act | separation | the act of dividing or disconnecting |
Sounds | seh.perey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The state of lacking unity. | |
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Attributes | separate | Independent |
Narrower | disassociation | The state of being unconnected in memory or imagination |
discontinuity | lack of connection or continuity | |
discreteness, distinctness, separateness, severalty | The state of being several and distinct | |
disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness | state of being disconnected | |
isolation | A state of separation between persons or groups | |
Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
Opposite | union, unification | The state of being joined or united or linked |
Spanish | separación | |
Catalan | desunió, separació |
Meaning | coming apart. | |
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Synonyms | breakup, detachment | |
Narrower | break | The occurrence of breaking |
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out | A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | |
Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
Spanish | alejamiento, desapego, desprendimiento, desunión, separación | |
Catalan | despreniment, desunió, ruptura, separació | |
Verbs | separate | come apart |
Meaning | The distance between things. | |
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Example | "fragile items require separation and cushioning" | |
Synonym | interval | |
Narrower | clearance | The distance by which one thing clears another |
Broader | distance | The property created by the space between two objects or points |
Spanish | separación | |
Catalan | distància, interval, separació |
Meaning | sorting one thing from others. | |
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Examples |
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Narrower | threshing | The separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw |
winnow, winnowing, sifting | The act of separating grain from chaff | |
Broader | sorting | grouping by class or kind or size |
Spanish | separación | |
Catalan | separació | |
Verbs | separate | divide into components or constituents |
Meaning | The social act of separating or parting company. | |
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Example | "the separation of church and state" | |
Narrower | divorce, divorcement | The legal dissolution of a marriage |
isolation, closing off | The act of isolating something | |
seclusion | The act of secluding yourself from others | |
segregation, sequestration | The act of segregating or sequestering | |
separationism, separatism | advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state | |
Broader | group action | action taken by a group of people |
Spanish | separación | |
Catalan | separació | |
Verbs | separate | go one's own way / way |
Meaning | The space where a division or parting occurs. | |
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Example | "he hid in the separation between walls" | |
Broader | space | An area reserved for some particular purpose |
Meaning | The termination of employment / employment (by resignation or dismissal). | |
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Broader | result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination | Something that results |
Spanish | baja |
Meaning | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement / agreement or under a court order). | |
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Synonym | legal separation | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | cessation, surcease | A stopping |
Spanish | separación legal | |
Catalan | separació legal | |
Verbs | separate | discontinue an association / association / association or relation |
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