separated

Everyday

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 →

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 Jewish tradition

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

• Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• So Lot chose him all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other. (Torah GEN.13.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward; (Torah GEN.13.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, besides Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, (Writings EZR.8.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the alien mixture. (Writings NEH.13.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. (Writings NEH.9.2, JPS 1917) 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.