| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To distribute into groups according to kinds: assort, categorize, class, classify, group, pigeonhole, sort (out). See COLLECT. 2. To release from military duty: demobilize, discharge, muster out. See FREE, KEEP. 3. To recognize as being different: differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, know, tell. See SAME. 4. To become or cause to become apart one from another: break, detach, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divide, divorce, part, split (up). Idioms: part company, set at odds. See ASSEMBLE. 5. To make a division into parts, sections, or branches: break up, dissever, divide, part, partition, section, segment. See ASSEMBLE, PART. 6. To set apart from a group: close off, cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, sequester. See INCLUDE. 7. To terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another: break off, break up, part. Informal : split (up). Idioms: call it quits, come to a parting of the ways, part company. See ASSEMBLE, CONTINUE. 8. To set apart (one kind or type) from others: sift, sort, winnow. See INCLUDE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Distinguished from others by nature or qualities: discrete, distinct, several, various. See SAME. 2. Being or related to a distinct entity: discrete, individual, particular, single, singular. See INCLUDE. 3. Alone in a given category: lone, one, only, particular, single, singular, sole, solitary, unique. Idioms: first and last, one and only. See INCLUDE.
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