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# separation

«separation» in Mova's school dictionary: **moving things apart or keeping them apart** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (separation, separations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Separation is moving things apart or keeping them apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#m1)

2) Separation is the space or distance between things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#m2)

3) Separation is a time when people are apart, especially when parents stop living together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#m3)

4) In science, separation is splitting a mixture into its parts, by filtering, sieving or evaporating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons separation of mixtures: sand and water by filtering, salt from water by evaporation, iron filings with a magnet. In family life, a parents' separation. Phrases: separation of mixtures, separation anxiety, legal separation.

### examples

- Filtering is a method of separation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#x1)
- We used a magnet for separation of iron and sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#x2)
- After their separation, my parents live in two houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#x3)
- Puppies can get upset by separation from their mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#x4)
- Keep a separation of two metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#x5)
- The separation of salt from water needs heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#x6)
- Separation anxiety made the toddler cry when Mum left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#x7)
- Sieving is used for the separation of rice and flour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#x8)
- Thus passed the first miles; and then the Raven bade her farewell, and this was the most painful separation of all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/#x9)

### note

Spelling trap: sep-a-ration (a, not e: "there's a rat in separate"). Verb: separate. Separation of parents is not divorce, though it can come before it.

### In the corpora

- [Draining pasta is a separation: the holes of the colander are big enough for water but too small for the pasta.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/2/)
- ["Involuntary separation" (official US) means being fired.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/20/)
- [Divorce or separation means parents stop being a couple; they are still both the child's parents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/39/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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