separate into

separate someone or something into something

to divide people or things into subdivisions. We had to separate the kids into smaller groups. Jane separated the apples into three groups by size.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lim	-	Chinese
Breanne	bree-AN	English (Modern)
Marjani	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Anabel	-	Spanish
Yaffe	-	Hebrew
Hamlet	HAM-lət (English)	Literature, Armenian