Collocations for separate - verb
1. move/keep people/things apart
ADVERB
completely
carefully
clearly
These two branches of the science have now become clearly separated.
carefully
clearly
These two branches of the science have now become clearly separated.
effectively
easily
One cannot easily separate moral, social and political issues.
easily
One cannot easily separate moral, social and political issues.
formally
legally
mechanically
Mechanically separated meat made from cattle and sheep has now been banned.
legally
mechanically
Mechanically separated meat made from cattle and sheep has now been banned.
geographically,
physically,
spatially
VERB + separate
attempt to,
try to
be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
It was impossible to separate the rival fans.
be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
It was impossible to separate the rival fans.
PREPOSITION
from
The boys are separated from the girls.
The boys are separated from the girls.
into
I separated the documents into two piles.
I separated the documents into two piles.
PHRASES
sharply separated,
totally separated,
widely separated
The disciplines of science and engineering are not always sharply separated.
an island resort totally separated from the mainland
The two groups became widely separated.
The two populations are widely separated geographically.
The disciplines of science and engineering are not always sharply separated.
an island resort totally separated from the mainland
The two groups became widely separated.
The two populations are widely separated geographically.
2. stop living together
ADVERB
legally
recently
He had recently separated from his wife.
recently
He had recently separated from his wife.
forcibly
Slave parents were forcibly separated from their children.
Slave parents were forcibly separated from their children.
Separate is used with these nouns as the subject:
chasm, divide, gap, gulf, line, partition, strait, wall
chasm, divide, gap, gulf, line, partition, strait, wall
Separate is used with these nouns as the object:
egg, strand, twin
egg, strand, twin