Compartmentalised

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of compartmentalise form-of, participle, past

    "This was the first long train journey I ever took, and the details remain in my memory as sharply as if they had taken place last week. Hopping on the Circle Line to King's Cross, boarding the compartmentalised train, the kindly ticket inspectors, and every station where the Grimsby express stopped (in those days it didn't go through to Cleethorpes)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    divided up into compartments or categories wordnet

Synonyms

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compartmentalcompartmentalizedcompartmented

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"Tom lives a very busy, compartmentalised life."

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