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# separated

«separated» in Mova's school dictionary: **apart, not together any more** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (separated); verb form (separate, separates, separated, separating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Separated means apart, not together any more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#m1)

2) Separated is the past form of separate: to move things or people apart, or to sort them into groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#m2)

3) When parents are separated, they have decided to live apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, if you get separated from your family in a shop or crowd, stay where you are, or go to a shop worker, a police officer or a parent with children, and say your name. In science, mixtures can be separated by sieving, filtering, evaporating or with a magnet. In maths, objects are separated into equal groups (division). In family lessons, parents being separated is common and not the child's fault. Phrases: get separated from, separated by, separated into groups.

### examples

- I got separated from Mum in the supermarket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#x1)
- We separated the sand from the water by filtering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#x2)
- The class was separated into four groups of six. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#x3)
- My parents are separated, so I have two homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#x4)
- The twins were separated by only a few minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#x5)
- The magnet separated the iron filings from the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#x6)
- The two countries are separated by a river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#x7)
- If you are separated from your group, stay where you are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#x8)
- Then they bade each other farewell and separated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/#x9)

### note

Spelling trap: sep-A-rate, sep-A-rated (there is «a rat» in separate). In maths, 24 sweets separated into 4 equal groups gives 6 in each group (24 ÷ 4 = 6). Separated parents are still both your parents.

### In the corpora

- ["Separated" means a married couple living apart, before or instead of a divorce.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/18/)
- [Before going somewhere busy, a family can agree on a meeting place in case they get separated.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/17-if-you-are-lost/11/)
- [If you are separated from your adult on a train or at a station, you tell a member of staff.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/20/)
- [Before a trip, a family can agree on a meeting place in case someone gets separated.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/49-lost-outdoors/16/)
- [On a trip you stay with your buddy all day and tell the teacher if you get separated.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «separated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.