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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

  1. to separate from the main mass and collect together in a new body: said of crystals
  2. to separate from others; be segregated
  3. Genetics to undergo segregation

noun

a segregated person, thing, group, etc.

segregate Related Forms

seg′·re·gat′·ive adjective

segregate Synonyms

segregate

v.

isolate, sever, split up; see divide 1, separate 2.

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

  • status: Mutation analysis of 30 families that are affected by Lafora disease detected mutations in 10 families, which segregated with disease status.
  • disease: The mutation was present in the heterozygous form and completely segregated with the disease in this family.