verb
Meaning 1
To end the segregation of (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
desegregate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /diːˈsɛɡɹəɡeɪt/
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S EH1 G R AH0 G EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This school is completely desegregated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: integrate, mix
Antonyms: segregate
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English segregate English desegregate From de- + segregate.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Italian: abolire la segregazione — remove segregation
- Portuguese: abolir a segregação — remove segregation
- Portuguese: dessegregar — remove segregation
- Swedish: desegregera — remove segregation