separation
part of speech
noun (separation, separations)
meaning for a pupil
1) Separation is moving things apart or keeping them apart. tree →
2) Separation is the space or distance between things. tree →
3) Separation is a time when people are apart, especially when parents stop living together. tree →
4) In science, separation is splitting a mixture into its parts, by filtering, sieving or evaporating. tree →
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 →
- We used a magnet for separation of iron and sand. tree →
- After their separation, my parents live in two houses. tree →
- Puppies can get upset by separation from their mum. tree →
- Keep a separation of two metres. tree →
- The separation of salt from water needs heat. tree →
- Separation anxiety made the toddler cry when Mum left. tree →
- Sieving is used for the separation of rice and flour. tree →
- Thus passed the first miles; and then the Raven bade her farewell, and this was the most painful separation of all. tree →
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.
- "Involuntary separation" (official US) means being fired.
- Divorce or separation means parents stop being a couple; they are still both the child's parents.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «separation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.