segregate
verb /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/
/ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they segregate | /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/ /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it segregates | /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪts/ /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪts/ |
| past simple segregated | /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle segregated | /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form segregating | /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- segregate somebody (from somebody) to separate people of different races, religions or sexes and treat them in a different way
- a culture in which women are segregated from men
- Whites and blacks were segregated into different parts of town.
- a racially segregated community
- a segregated school (= one for students of one race or religion only)
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyc2- The women were segregated from the male workers in the factory.
- Women's work has always been highly segregated.
- This is perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strictly
- according to
- by
- from
- …
- highly segregated
- racially segregated
- segregate something (from something) to keep one thing separate from another
- Pedestrians are segregated from the traffic by a metal barrier.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strictly
- according to
- by
- from
- …
- highly segregated
- racially segregated
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin segregat- ‘separated from the flock’, from the verb segregare, from se- ‘apart’ + grex, greg- ‘flock’.