adj
Meaning 1
Separate; select.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
segregate
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.
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sĕ'grəgət
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/ˈsɛɡɹəɡət/
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sĕ'grəgāt
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/ˈsɛɡɹəˌɡeɪt/
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adj
Meaning 2
Separated from others of the same kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A segregate becomes conspicuous once it is removed from its aggregate.
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verb
Meaning 5
To separate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
In particular, to separate and organize by characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Please segregate the pairs of shoes by size into their respective boxes.
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verb
Meaning 7
To separate (races, sexes, or other groups, especially black and white people), especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep them apart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 8
someone who is or has been segregated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
verb
Meaning 9
separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the sun segregates the carbon
- large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims
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Broader terms: isolate, insulate
verb
Meaning 10
divide from the main body or mass and collect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Many towns segregated into new counties
- Experiments show clearly that genes segregate
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Broader terms: separate, divide, part
verb
Meaning 11
separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This neighborhood is segregated
- We don't segregate in this county
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: desegregate
Broader terms: discriminate, separate, single out
History
Etymology
From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“to separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отделям (otdeljam) — to separate
- Bulgarian: изолирам (izoliram) — to separate
- Catalan: segregar — to separate
- Chinese Mandarin: 隔离 (gélí) — to separate
- Dutch: afzonderen — to separate
- Estonian: eraldama — to separate
- Finnish: erotella — to separate
- German: absondern — to separate
- German: trennen — to separate
- German: isolieren — to separate
- Greek: διαχωρίζω (diachorízo) — to separate
- Italian: segregare — to separate
- Latin: sēgregō — to separate
- Māori: whakatāuke — to separate
- Norwegian Bokmål: segregere — to separate
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjønnsdele — to separate
- Norwegian Nynorsk: segregere — to separate
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjønnsdele — to separate
- Portuguese: segregar — to separate
- Spanish: segregar — to separate
- Swedish: segregera — to separate