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separate

 
/ˈsep·ər·ət/ adj

Definition

existing or happening independently or in a different physical space: The middle school and the high school are in two separate buildings. I have my public life and my private life, and as far as possible I try to keep them separate. separately
 
/ˈsep·ər·ət·li/ adv
You have to wash dark clothes and white stuff separately.
(Definition of separate adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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