dɪˈtæt͡ʃt dɪsˈdʒɔɪn.tɪd ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪd spaced apart no longer connected or joined a detached part on one side of the island was a huge rock, almost detached the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases separated at the joint a dislocated knee a separated shoulder being or feeling set or kept apart from others she felt detached from the group could not remain the isolated figure he had been thought of herself as alone and separated from the others had a set-apart feeling