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separates

separates is the plural of separate.

separates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of separate.

Meaning of separate

Noun

separate (plural separates)

  1. (plural-normally) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.
    • French taffeta evening separates – a puffball skirt, and a ruffled blouse – were pressed flat to drag them up to date.2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian
  2. A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers.

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Phrases with separates

Questions about separates

What is separates the plural of?
Separates is the plural of separate.

Words near separates in the dictionary

  1. separatee
  2. separatees
  3. separately
  4. separateness
  5. separatenesses
  6. separates
  7. separates out
  8. separates the men from the boys
  9. separates the wheat from the chaff
  10. separatest
  11. separateth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: separates (page history and authors); separate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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