{
    "term": "separation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of separating people or things; the state of being separate",
            "sensetop": "separation from somebody/somethingseparation between A and B",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the state’s eventual separation from the federation",
                    "contextForm": "separation from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the need for a clear separation between Church and State",
                    "contextForm": "separation between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the clear separation of powers between the executive and the legislature"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the separation of children from their parents during the war"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "total", "clear"],
                "preposition": ["separation between", "separation from"],
                "phrases": ["separation anxiety", "separation of powers"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a period of time that people spend apart from each other",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were reunited after a separation of more than 20 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prolonged separations of this kind are damaging to very young children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is visiting her family after a long separation."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "total", "clear"],
                "preposition": ["separation between", "separation from"],
                "phrases": ["separation anxiety", "separation of powers"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a decision that a husband and wife make to live apart while they are still legally married",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a legal separation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The couple are having a trial separation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sixty per cent of all marital separations occur before the tenth year of marriage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She would not consider separation or divorce."
                },
                {
                    "text": "his separation from his wife"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["formal", "judicial", "legal"],
                "separation + noun": ["agreement"],
                "preposition": ["separation between", "separation from"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌsepəˈreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "se/separation/separation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌsepəˈreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "se/separation/separation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin separatio(n-), from separare ‘disjoin, divide’, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’."
}