segregate Definition
seg·re·gate (seg′rə gāt′; for adj. & n., usually, -git)
adjective
separate; set apart; segregated
Etymology: ME segregat < L segregatus, pp. of segregare, to set apart, lit., to set apart from the flock < se-, apart (see secede) + grex (gen. gregis), a flock: see gregarious
transitive verb -·gat′ed, -·gat′·ing
to set apart from others or from the main mass or group; isolate; specif., to impose a system of segregation on (racial groups, social facilities, etc.)
intransitive verb
- to separate from the main mass and collect together in a new body: said of crystals
- to separate from others; be segregated
- Genetics to undergo segregation
noun
a segregated person, thing, group, etc.
segregate Related Forms
segregate Synonyms
segregate Usage Examples
Object
- pedestrian: Segregating pedestrians from vehicles either by barriers or distance: this remains in HSE's view the best control measure in most circumstances.
- waste: Would your business be prepared to segregate waste for recycling?
- pupil: Yesterday the Catholic Church backed the council's decision to segregate pupils temporarily in the first weeks of the new campus opening.
- material: This would seem to indicate that incentives are required for some householders to segregate more material.
- child: There was a need to segregate young children into a safe environment.
- type: The workhouses were designed to strictly segregate different types of inmate.
Preposition: on
line: The major findings of the first report were: Most schools are in fact segregated on religious lines.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Daktari does not segregate or judge people by race, religion, creed, ideology or physical condition.
- effectively: African Americans had effectively segregated themselves probably for the reasons which were identified by Zora Neale Hurston.
- clearly: South of the border, you have signs with place names clearly segregated and easier to read with a quick glance.
- also: It has also segregated schools, and women are no longer permitted to appear in public without covering their heads.
- often: During the avalanches, particles of different sizes often segregate out into inversely graded layers with the large grains on top of the fines.
- independently: These phenotypic variations have been shown to relate to the specific mutation generated, to environmental influences and to independently segregating modifier genes.
Present participle complement
- accord: The aim here is seemingly to provide services in ' inclusive ' ways, rather than in environments segregated according to ethnicity or religion.
- live: Until that occurs, segregated living as a choice for people must be available and the reasons for it understood and respected.
Preposition: in
- cross: We will also report data that suggest up to nine new ATR genes segregate in the mapping cross.
- way: However, there is no need for DSI wires to be screened or segregated in any special way from power or other cables.
Preposition: from
traffic: Vehicles would run at street level, segregated from other traffic, with priority given at traffic signals.
Preposition: with
Browse dictionary entries near segregate
- ‹ Segovia
- ‹ sego
- ‹ segno
- ‹ Segments Internal Networks, Isolation, and Separation
- ‹ segmentation cavity
- ‹ segmentation and reassembly
- ‹ segmentation
- ‹ segmental phonemes
- ‹ segmental
- ‹ segment
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- segregation ›
- segregationist ›
- segue ›
- seguidilla ›
- sei ›
- sei (whale) ›
- seicento ›
- seiche ›
- seidel ›

