Hvad betyder separate?

At adskille eller skille noget fra hinanden; at sætte noget adskilt eller i forskellige dele.

Sætninger med seperate

• Its important to keep the different colors separate when painting.
• We decided to separate the different types of waste for recycling.
• The two friends decided to go their separate ways after many years of traveling together.
• Please make sure to keep the fragile items separate from the heavy ones.
• The teacher asked the students to work on separate projects for the class presentation.
• Johns work and personal life are completely separate from each other.
• The twins always dress alike so its difficult to separate them at a glance.
• She carefully placed the eggs in separate cartons to avoid breaking them.
• The company has separate divisions for marketing and sales.
• The bookshelves are separate from the desk in the home office.
• Our two cats always need to be kept separate because they dont get along.
• The police were able to separate the fighting couple before anyone got hurt.
• Its best to keep your work and personal emails separate to avoid confusion.
• We need to use separate containers for recycling paper and plastic.
• A separate entrance was designated for VIP guests at the event.

Ord med samme betydning

• divide
• detach
• disconnect
• isolate
• segregate
• split

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Ord med omvendt betydning

• Unite
• Combine
• Merge
• Integrate
• Unify
• Connect

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Oprindelse

Ordet separate stammer fra det latinske ordet separatus, som er participium af verbet separare, der betyder at skille ad eller at adskille. Dette kommer fra præfikset se- (betyder af) og verbet parare (betyder at forberede eller at arrangere). Sammen kan man sige, at separate betyder at forberede adskillelse eller at arrangere adskillelse.