segregate
seg·re·gate
(sĕg′rĭ-gāt′)v. seg·re·gat·ed, seg·re·gat·ing, seg·re·gates
v.tr.
1. To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group. See Synonyms at isolate.
2. To cause (people or institutions, for example) to be separated on the basis of race, sex, religion, or another factor.
v.intr.
1. To become separated or distinguished: animals that segregate into male and female herds when not in mating season.
2. To practice a policy of racial segregation.
3. Genetics To undergo genetic segregation.
adj. (-gĭt, -gāt′)
Separated; isolated.
n. (-gĭt, -gāt′)
1. One that is or has been segregated.
seg′re·ga′tive adj.
seg′re·ga′tor n.
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segregate
(ˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt)vb
1. to set or be set apart from others or from the main group
2. (Sociology) (tr) to impose segregation on (a racial or minority group)
3. (Metallurgy) genetics metallurgy to undergo or cause to undergo segregation
[C16: from Latin sēgregāre, from sē- apart + grex a flock]
segregable adj
ˈsegreˌgative adj
ˈsegreˌgator n
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seg•re•gate
(v. ˈsɛg rɪˌgeɪt; n. -gɪt, -ˌgeɪt) v. -gat•ed, -gat•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to separate or set apart from others; isolate.
2. to require, often with force, the separation of (a specific racial, religious, or other group) from the body of society.
v.i.3. to become segregated.
4. to practice or require segregation, esp. racial segregation.
5. (of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis.
n.6. a segregated thing, person, or group.
[1535–45; < Latin sēgregātus, past participle of sēgregāre to separate, dissociate =sē- se- + -gregāre, v. derivative of grex, s. greg flock; see -ate1]
seg′re•ga•ble (-gə bəl) adj.
seg′re•ga`tive, adj.
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segregate
Past participle: segregated
Gerund: segregating
| Imperative |
|---|
| segregate |
| segregate |
| Present |
|---|
| I segregate |
| you segregate |
| he/she/it segregates |
| we segregate |
| you segregate |
| they segregate |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I segregated |
| you segregated |
| he/she/it segregated |
| we segregated |
| you segregated |
| they segregated |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am segregating |
| you are segregating |
| he/she/it is segregating |
| we are segregating |
| you are segregating |
| they are segregating |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have segregated |
| you have segregated |
| he/she/it has segregated |
| we have segregated |
| you have segregated |
| they have segregated |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was segregating |
| you were segregating |
| he/she/it was segregating |
| we were segregating |
| you were segregating |
| they were segregating |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had segregated |
| you had segregated |
| he/she/it had segregated |
| we had segregated |
| you had segregated |
| they had segregated |
| Future |
|---|
| I will segregate |
| you will segregate |
| he/she/it will segregate |
| we will segregate |
| you will segregate |
| they will segregate |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have segregated |
| you will have segregated |
| he/she/it will have segregated |
| we will have segregated |
| you will have segregated |
| they will have segregated |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be segregating |
| you will be segregating |
| he/she/it will be segregating |
| we will be segregating |
| you will be segregating |
| they will be segregating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been segregating |
| you have been segregating |
| he/she/it has been segregating |
| we have been segregating |
| you have been segregating |
| they have been segregating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been segregating |
| you will have been segregating |
| he/she/it will have been segregating |
| we will have been segregating |
| you will have been segregating |
| they will have been segregating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been segregating |
| you had been segregating |
| he/she/it had been segregating |
| we had been segregating |
| you had been segregating |
| they had been segregating |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would segregate |
| you would segregate |
| he/she/it would segregate |
| we would segregate |
| you would segregate |
| they would segregate |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have segregated |
| you would have segregated |
| he/she/it would have segregated |
| we would have segregated |
| you would have segregated |
| they would have segregated |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. | segregate - someone who is or has been segregated |
| Verb | 1. | segregate - separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county" discriminate, single out, separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or race desegregate, integrate, mix - open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated" |
| 2. | segregate - divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate" divide, part, separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" | |
| 3. | segregate - separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims" isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" |
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segregate
verb set apart, divide, separate, isolate, single out, discriminate against, dissociate They segregate you from the rest of the party.
unite, mix, unify, amalgamate, join together, desegregate
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segregate
verbTo set apart from a group:
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Translations
يَعْزِل، يَفْصِل
oddělit
adskille
aîskilja
segregacija
atdalītnošķirt
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segregate
[ˈsɛgrɪgeɪt] vt → ségréguer
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segregate
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segregate
(ˈsegrigeit) verbto separate from others; to keep (people, groups etc) apart from each other. At the swimming-pool, the sexes are segregated.
ˌsegreˈgation (-ʃən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.