separate

/ˈsepəreɪt/ verb

Translation

DIVIDE [I, T] › to divide into parts, or to make something divide into parts

böl(ün)mek, ayırmak, ayrılmak

I separated the class into three groups.1957

MOVE APART [I, T] › to move apart, or to make people move apart

ayırmak, ayrılmak, ayrı tutmak

I shall separate you two if you don't stop talking.1957

HUSBAND/WIFE [I] › to start to live in a different place from your husband or wife because the relationship has ended

ayrı yaşamak

My parents separated when I was four.1957634

(Definition of separate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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