{
    "term": "separate",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "forming a unit by itself; not joined to something else",
            "sensetop": "separate from somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have begun to sleep in **separate rooms**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Raw meat must be **kept separate** from cooked meat.",
                    "contextForm": "separate from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school is housed in two separate buildings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Write a list of names on a separate piece of paper."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["somewhat", "very", "essentially"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["go your separate ways"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "different; not connected",
            "sensetop": "separate from something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **separate incident/issue**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The companies now exist as two **separate entities**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I try to **keep** my private life **separate** from my work.",
                    "contextForm": "separate from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a **completely separate** matter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It happened **on** three **separate occasions**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their ultimate political goal is the creation of a **separate state**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two groups are essentially separate and independent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to merge the two previously separate businesses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "species from widely separate parts of the world"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["somewhat", "very", "essentially"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["go your separate ways"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to end a relationship with somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When the business was sold they went their separate ways."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They decided to go their separate ways after being together for five years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When we finished school, we all went our separate ways."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to go in a different direction from somebody you have been travelling with",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a separate envelope",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The information you requested is being forwarded to you under separate cover."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈseprət/",
                "audio": "se/separate/separate__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈseprət/",
                "audio": "se/separate/separate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin separat- ‘disjoined, divided’, from the verb separare, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’."
}