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Definitions for Segregate
[1] to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
[2] to require, by law or custom, the separation of (an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group) from the dominant majority.
[3] to separate, withdraw, or go apart; separate from the main body and collect in one place; become segregated.
[4] to practice, require, or enforce segregation, especially racial segregation.
[5] Genetics . (of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis.
[6] a segregated thing, person, or group.
[7] to set or be set apart from others or from the main group
[8] (tr) to impose segregation on (a racial or minority group)
[9] genetics metallurgy to undergo or cause to undergo segregation
Words related to Segregate
disconnect, divide, isolate, sequester, insulate, island, quarantine, dissociate, select, choose, sever
Words nearby Segregate
sego, sego lily, segor, segovia, segreant, segregate, segregated, segregation, segregation analysis, segregation ratio, segregationist
Origin of Segregate
1400–50 in sense “segregated”; 1535–45 as transitive v.; late Middle English segregat < Latin sēgregātus (past participle of sēgregāre to part from the flock), equivalent to sē- se- + greg- (stem of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1; see gregarious
Other words from Segregate
seg·re·ga·ble [seg -ri-guh -buh l] /ˈsɛg rɪ gə bəl/ , adjective
seg·re·ga·tive , adjective
non·seg·re·ga·ble , adjective
non·seg·re·ga·tive , adjective
re·seg·re·gate , verb, re·seg·re·gat·ed, re·seg·re·gat·ing.
un·seg·re·ga·ble , adjective
un·seg·re·gat·ing , adjective
un·seg·re·ga·tive , adjective
Word origin for Segregate
C16: from Latin sēgregāre, from sē- apart + grex a flock
Synonyms for Segregate
disconnect, divide, insulate, isolate, sequester, single out, choose, dissociate, island, quarantine, select, sever, close off, cut off, set apart, split up