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segregate

[seg-ri-geyt, seg-ri-git, -geyt]

verb (used with object)

segregated, segregating 
  1. to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate.

    to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.

    Antonyms:
  2. to require, by law or custom, the separation of (an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group) from the dominant majority.



verb (used without object)

segregated, segregating 
  1. to separate, withdraw, or go apart; separate from the main body and collect in one place; become segregated.

  2. to practice, require, or enforce segregation, especially racial segregation.

  3. Genetics.(of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis.

noun

  1. a segregated thing, person, or group.

segregate

/ ˈsɛɡrɪɡəbəl, ˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt /

verb

  1. to set or be set apart from others or from the main group

  2. (tr) to impose segregation on (a racial or minority group)

  3. genetics metallurgy to undergo or cause to undergo segregation

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • segregable adjective
  • segregative adjective
  • nonsegregable adjective
  • nonsegregative adjective
  • resegregate verb
  • unsegregable adjective
  • unsegregating adjective
  • unsegregative adjective
  • ˈ𲵰ˌپ adjective
  • ˈ𲵰ˌٴǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of segregate1

1400–50 in sense “segregated”; 1535–45 as transitive v.; late Middle English segregat < Latin ŧٳܲ (past participle of ŧ to part from the flock), equivalent to ŧ- se- + greg- (stem of grex flock) + -ٳܲ -ate 1; gregarious
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of segregate1

C16: from Latin ŧ, from ŧ- apart + grex a flock
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Built as a small hotel in 1925 and segregated in its early years, the property sold to Black businessman Walter Bailey in 1945.

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We know from experience why the country had DEI programs, because we remember Jim Crow and its vestiges in segregated schools and neighborhoods.

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It was launched in the 1970s by the federal government as an alternative to public housing projects, which were criticized for segregating poor families in neighborhoods with low-quality schools and other substandard services.

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Dr McCloud, who stepped down from their High Court role court last year, said the Supreme Court judgement and equality watchdog's new guidance violated her human rights and she felt "contained and segregated".

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Dr Victoria McCloud, who stepped down from court last year, said the judgement and equality watchdog's new guidance violated her human rights and she felt "contained and segregated".

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