separate entity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseparateandentity
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separate
adjective
uk/ˈsep.ər.ət/us/ˈsep.ɚ.ət/
existing or happening independently or in a different ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition ofseparateandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofseparate entity
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It regards the foetus as aseparateentity, but a legal 'thing', not a legal person; as an object of property relations.
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Each of these was regarded as aseparateentityin our analysis.
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It is now possible to think of the mind as aseparateentityto be imitated or modeled.
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Each spike was handled as aseparateentity.
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Infinitely plastic, ectoplasm was supposedly capable of being molded either into excrescences protruding from the medium's body or into aseparateentity.
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Albeit distinctive because it was sung, it was not aseparateentity, not staged music in contradistinction to the theatre.
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Conceptually, each section is aseparateentitylinked to the other sections by their placement in succession.
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But it often relies on its status as art to be a gestalt; it would otherwise not exist as aseparateentityamong everything else.
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If the pension scheme is viewed as aseparateentity, the assets and liabilities are those of the scheme.
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Expression is born of a clash; it is not aseparateentity.
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In organisational terms the day unit staff could find it hard to establish their unit as aseparateentity with its own image distinct from that of the larger organisation.
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In the case study we see an interorganisational information and knowledge infrastructure that is becoming aseparateentitymore or less underlying all sorts of coalitions and cooperation schemes.
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Similarly, although mating studies to date show each major race to be aseparateentity, gene flow through the ungrouped forms cannot yet be ruled out.
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In so far as there was a dividing line between friars administering penance as inquisitors and of the inquisition as aseparateentity, then this was it.
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Pyysiainen locates the key $ concept of religious doctrinal systems in ' the sacred ', which ' expresses those vital distinctions that enable a community to define themselves as aseparateentity' (p. 21).
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In many cases, to all intents and purposes they live their lives as aseparateentity.
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The day may come when we might tackle the lawyers as aseparateentity, but this is not the occasion.
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It would seem very strange, because these lodgings, as an integral part of the building, will not be aseparateentityfor rating purposes.
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Should there be aseparateentityto handle this?
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