Used as the simple past tense and past participle of the verb "separate".
Definitions
Simple past tense and past participle of separate. They separated the children into different groups.
Synonyms
set apart
break apart
split up
Used adjectivally as the past participle of the verb "separate"
Definitions
Having been divided, detached, or kept apart from something or someone else. The separated twins were reunited after ten years.
Synonyms
separated (past participle sense)