adjective
1. being or feeling set or kept apart from others (Freq. 5)
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she felt detached from the group
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"could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson
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thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
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had a set-apart feeling
• Similar to: ↑separate
2. spaced apart (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑spaced
• Similar to: ↑distributed
3. no longer connected or joined
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a detached part
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on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached
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the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases
• Syn: ↑detached
• Similar to: ↑unconnected
4. separated at the joint
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a dislocated knee
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a separated shoulder
• Syn: ↑disjointed, ↑dislocated
• Similar to: ↑injured
Useful english dictionary. 2012.