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segregate
[ verb seg-ri-geyt; noun seg-ri-git, -geyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate:
to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
Antonyms:
- to require, by law or custom, the separation of (an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group) from the dominant majority.
verb (used without object)
- to separate, withdraw, or go apart; separate from the main body and collect in one place; become segregated.
- to practice, require, or enforce segregation, especially racial segregation.
- Genetics. (of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis.
noun
- a segregated thing, person, or group.
segregate
/ ˈsɛɡrɪɡəbəl; ˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt /
verb
- to set or be set apart from others or from the main group
- tr to impose segregation on (a racial or minority group)
- genetics metallurgy to undergo or cause to undergo segregation
Derived Forms
- ˈˌپ, adjective
- ˈˌٴǰ, noun
- segregable, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ··· [seg, -ri-g, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- ۱·t adjective
- ԴDz·۱·· adjective
- non·۱·t adjective
- ·۱·ٱ verb resegregated resegregating
- ܲ·۱·· adjective
- ܲ·۱·iԲ adjective
- un·۱·t adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of segregate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of segregate1
Example Sentences
“He didn’t let the fact that he was fighting for freedom during segregated times stop him from living his life.”
By some measures, America is as, if not more, segregated than it was in the 1950s.
And if you think our democracy is struggling now, imagine a day when our schools are segregated by race, religion, wealth, and political party.
Foreman was born in Marshall, Texas, on 10 January 1949, and raised along with six siblings by a single mother in the segregated American South.
The High Court has thrown out an attempt by the far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon to challenge his jail conditions that have seen him segregated from other inmates.
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