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seg·re·gate
 segregate
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
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transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
se
gr
geIt
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| inflections: |
segregated, segregates, segregating |
| definition 1: |
to separate or place apart from others or from the majority of a group, people, or the like; isolate.
Mentally handicapped students are generally segregated from the non-handicapped majority.Blacks were segregated from whites under racist laws.- synonyms:
- isolate, separate
- similar words:
- detach, dissociate, disunite, divide, ostracize, seclude, sequester
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| definition 2: |
to require or enforce the separation or isolation of (a race, religious sect, class, or the like) from the dominant group in a society or from the society at large.
The colonial government segregated the native tribes.- similar words:
- ostracize, quarantine, sequester
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| definition 3: |
to enforce or impose racial, religious, or similar separation in.
Many cities continued to segregate their schools despite the new law.- antonyms:
- desegregate, integrate
- similar words:
- separate
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| related words: |
ban, bar, cloister |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
se
gr
geIt
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| definition 1: |
to come to be set apart from the dominant or larger part of a body or group.
- similar words:
- dissociate, disunite, divide, separate
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| definition 2: |
to enforce separation on the basis of race, religion, class, or the like.
- antonyms:
- desegregate, integrate
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
se
gr
geIt
[or]
se
gr
giht
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| definition: |
that which has been segregated.
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| derivations: |
segregable (adj.), segregative (adj.), segregator (n.) |
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