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Narrator: Today's word is "Separation" — noun, pronounced /ˌsepəˈreɪʃn/, with the stress on "ra".
Narrator: Separation is the act of dividing things or people, or the state of being apart.
Narrator: In plain English, it means being apart.
Narrator: It comes from Latin separatio.
Narrator: A common collocation is "separation anxiety", which describes distress at being apart from someone.
Narrator: It differs from "divorce", because a separation can be temporary, while divorce ends a marriage legally.
Narrator: In a second sense, "separation of concerns" is a principle of good software design.
Narrator: Law, psychology, politics and software all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: separation means apart.
Speaker A: Why does the puppy cry when we leave?
Speaker B: SEPARATION anxiety! From Latin separatio.
Speaker A: Just missing us?
Speaker B: Very much.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The separation of powers protects democracy", politics. "They agreed a trial separation", relationships. "Keep separation of concerns in code", software.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it "separation", with "par", not "seperation".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Division is its cousin, parting its twin, and split an alternative — yet separation keeps its careful charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "separation" in AI prompts — useful for software architecture and pet advice.
Speaker A: How for code?
Speaker B: Clean design.
Prompt: Refactor this file to improve separation of concerns between data and UI.
Speaker A: And pets?
Speaker B: Calm dogs.
Prompt: Suggest a plan to ease a puppy’s separation anxiety over two weeks.
Speaker A: Could it help civics?
Speaker B: Yes, for lessons.
Prompt: Explain the separation of powers in the UK for secondary students.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Spelling.
Prompt: Find and fix every seperation typo in this document.
Separation — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary