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separating out

separating out is the present participle and gerund of separate out.

Meaning of separate out

Verb

separate out (third-person singular simple present separates out, present participle separating out, simple past and past participle separated out)

  1. (ambitransitive) To separate, or become separated, by removal from a larger group or mass.

Questions about separating out

What is separating out the present participle and gerund of?
Separating out is the present participle and gerund of separate out.

Words near separating out in the dictionary

  1. separating
  2. separating disc
  3. separating discs
  4. separating funnel
  5. separating funnels
  6. separating out
  7. separating the men from the boys
  8. separating the wheat from the chaff
  9. separatings
  10. separatio leprosorum
  11. separation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: separating out (page history and authors); separate out (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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