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segregatesegregate /ˈsɛgrəˌgeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive often passive] ETYMOLOGYsegregateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of segregare, from se- apart + grex herd VERB TABLEsegregate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | segregate | | he, she, it | segregates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | segregated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have segregated | | he, she, it | has segregated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had segregated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will segregate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have segregated |
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| Present | I | am segregating | | he, she, it | is segregating | | you, we, they | are segregating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was segregating | | you, we, they | were segregating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been segregating | | he, she, it | has been segregating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been segregating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be segregating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been segregating |
THESAURUSdivide► separate to divide or split into different parts, or layers, or to make something do this: The milk had separated from the cream. First separate the eggs and beat the whites (=divide the white part from the yellow part). ► divide to make something form a number of smaller parts: The teacher divided the class into groups. ► split to separate something into two or more groups, parts, etc.: We split the money between us. ► part to separate hair into two parts with a space in the middle. You can also use part more formally to talk about separating a substance so that there is a space between the two sides: He usually parts his hair in the middle. In the story Moses parts the Red Sea. ► break up to separate something into smaller parts: The phone company was broken up into smaller companies to encourage competition. ► segregate to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion, etc.: Schools were racially segregated. ► isolate to keep one person or thing alone and separate from others: The hospital isolates patients who have infectious diseases. ► partition formal to divide a country, room, or building into two or more parts: After World War II, Germany was partitioned into East and West Germany. ► apportion formal to decide how something should be divided between various people: The funds are apportioned to each of the schools in the district. to separate one group of people from others, or to separate people into several groups because they are different from each other in some way, for example because they are of a different race, sex, or religion OPP desegregate: In two of these tests, the people were segregated by gender. Not long ago, schools in the South were racially segregated. segregated residential areassegregate somebody from somebody Juvenile offenders should be segregated from adults.► see thesaurus at separate2 [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of segregare, from se- apart + grex herd] → integrate |