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- Dictionarysep·a·ra·tion/ˌsepəˈrāSHən/
noun
- 1. the action or state of moving or being moved apart: "the damage that might arise from the separation of parents and children" Similar Opposite
- 2. the division of something into constituent or distinct elements: "prose structured into short sentences with meaningful separation into paragraphs"
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The meaning of SEPARATION is the act or process of separating : the state of being separated. How to use separation in a sentence.
When two things that were together come apart, it's a separation, whether they're the two halves of your Oreo or a married couple splitting up. If you leave your beloved cat to go to college, it's a separation — the two of you are parting ways, at least for a little while.
SEPARATION definition: 1. a situation in which two or more people or things are separated: 2. an arrangement, often…. Learn more.
noun. an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated. a place, line, or point of parting. a gap, hole, rent, or the like. something that separates or divides. Law. cessation of conjugal cohabitation, as by mutual consent. judicial separation.
The separation of two or more things or groups is the fact that they are separate or become separate, and are not linked.
[countable] a period of time that people spend apart from each other. They were reunited after a separation of more than 20 years. Prolonged separations of this kind are damaging to very young children. She is visiting her family after a long separation. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
separation meaning, definition, what is separation: when something separates or is separate...: Learn more.
SEPARATION definition: 1. the act of separating or being separated: 2. a legal agreement when two people stay married but…. Learn more.
The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart. The separation of continents from a single landmass; the separation of railroad cars from a train. American Heritage. A separating or being separated. Webster's New World.
sep·a·ra·tion. (sĕp′ə-rā′shən) n. 1. a. The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart: the separation of continents from a single landmass; the separation of railroad cars from a train. b. The condition of being apart, especially the condition of two people who had lived together or been married living in different places. c.
