Past tense of separate
regular verb
The past tense of separate is separated. The past participle is also separated.
Forms of separate
| Base form (V1) | separate /ˈsɛp.əˌɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | separated /ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | separated /ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | separating /ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | separates |
Separated in a sentence
- Ant taxonomists have decided that anything that's worth separating should be separated at the species level, and have no truck with subspecies at all.2007 March 14, Emma Marris, “The Species and the Specious”, in Nature, number 446
- The dissociative techniques separated ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.From the entry dissociative
- She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.From the entry spot
- We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.From the entry pushing
- In all the mayhem, some children were separated from their parents.From the entry mayhem
Meaning of separate
- verb To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
- verb To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
- verb To cause (things or people) to be separate.
Questions about the past tense of separate
- What is the past tense of separate?
- The past tense of separate is separated.
- What is the past participle of separate?
- The past participle of separate is separated.
- Is separate a regular or irregular verb?
- Separate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: separate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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