separated
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,674 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,247 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- being or feeling set or kept apart from others also: detached, isolated, set-apart she felt detached from the groupcould not remain the isolated figure he had been
- spaced apart also: spaced
- separated at the joint also: disjointed, dislocated a dislocated kneea separated shoulder
- no longer connected or joined also: detached a detached parton one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached
separated in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Now, and for a long time, we shall be separated.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Yet, when they have separated, they never fail to hold one another up to ridicule and contempt.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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As they neared the ships the two boats separated, and Ned soon found himself alongside of the Swanne.
Under Drake's Flag · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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He was nearly twelve years old, and had never until now been separated from her even for a day.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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We in our madness have separated the two, and have invented a realism that is vulgar, an ideality that is void.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1