This is the 928th most frequent Chinese word.
分别
"Separately; respectively; to part."
分别 is used here to mean 'separately' or 'individually', indicating that each person went to a different city.
他们分别去了不同的城市。
They went to different cities separately.
分别 is used here to mean 'respectively; as follows', introducing distinct points or elements sequentially.
我们的观点分别如下：第一，效率；第二，创新。
Our viewpoints are as follows: firstly, efficiency; secondly, innovation.
分别 is used here to mean 'individually', indicating that the teacher interacted with each student one by one.