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- pronunciation:
- se
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geIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
segregates, segregating, segregated |
| definition 1: |
to separate or place apart from others.
Younger prisoners were segregated from older prisoners.- synonyms:
- isolate, separate
- similar words:
- detach, divide
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| definition 2: |
to require or enforce the separation of (people of a different race, religion, or class) from the dominant group in a society.
The colonial government segregated the native people of the country from the European settlers.In parts of the country, the law segregated African-Americans from whites.- similar words:
- quarantine
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| definition 3: |
to require or enforce separation of groups of people in (a school or other institution) based on race, religion, or class.
Many cities continued to segregate their schools despite the new law.- antonyms:
- desegregate, integrate
- similar words:
- separate
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| related words: |
ban |
| derivations: |
segregable (adj.), segregative (adj.), segregator (n.) |
The word segregate
contains the following parts:
greg
Latin
root
that means flock, gathering
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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