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Plural of separation

regular plural

The plural of separation is separations.

Forms of separation

Singularseparation /ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Pluralseparations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Separations in a sentence

  • WTF do you know about separations or divorces? ¶ Good grief!2006 August 28, ML, “Re: Everything Is Better Now”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet). From the entry sthu
  • There are no unions, only unitings and separations and reunitings.2008, James S. Wolfe, A Song of Faith, page 1. From the entry uniting
  • Meta-philosophy is an antidote: it attempts to surmount separations and sunderings, tries to unite speculative philosophy and critical theory with political action.2002, Mike Crang, Nigel Thrift, Thinking Space, page 178. From the entry sundering

Meaning of separation

  1. noun The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
  2. noun The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
  3. noun The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.

Full definition of separation

Questions about the plural of separation

What is the plural of separation?
The plural of separation is separations.
Is separation countable?
Separation is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: separation (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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