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 →

2) Separated is the past form of separate: to move things or people apart, or to sort them into groups. tree →

3) When parents are separated, they have decided to live apart. tree →

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 →
• We separated the sand from the water by filtering. tree →
• The class was separated into four groups of six. tree →
• My parents are separated, so I have two homes. tree →
• The twins were separated by only a few minutes. tree →
• The magnet separated the iron filings from the sand. tree →
• The two countries are separated by a river. tree →
• If you are separated from your group, stay where you are. tree →
• Then they bade each other farewell and separated. tree →

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.
• Before going somewhere busy, a family can agree on a meeting place in case they get separated.
• If you are separated from your adult on a train or at a station, you tell a member of staff.
• Before a trip, a family can agree on a meeting place in case someone gets separated.
• On a trip you stay with your buddy all day and tell the teacher if you get separated.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «separated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.