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- pronunciation:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
Separation is the act of moving different things or parts of the same thing away from each other. It is dividing things up and creating distance between the items or parts. Separation is also the condition of not being together. If there is separation between things or people, they are not touching or near each other.
Separation of the dogs was necessary because they were fighting with each other.Separation of the books into different groups took a long time.The two friends met after a long separation.The twins were put into different classrooms that year and they were not happy about their separation.- synonyms:
- division
- antonyms:
- union
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| definition 2: |
A separation is a space between things.
Max has a big separation between his two front teeth.- synonyms:
- gap
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| related words: |
analysis, divorce, independence |
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