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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024seg•re•gat•ed (seg′ri gā′tid),USA pronunciation adj. - Sociologycharacterized by or practicing racial segregation:a segregated school system.
- Sociologyrestricted to one group, esp. exclusively on the basis of racial or ethnic membership:segregated neighborhoods.
- Sociologymaintaining separate facilities for members of different, esp. racially different, groups:segregated education.
- Sociologydiscriminating against a group, esp. on the basis of race:a segregated economy.
- set apart.
seg′re•gat′ed•ly, adv. seg′re•gat′ed•ness, n. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024seg•re•gate /ˈsɛgrɪˌgeɪt/USA pronunciation v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing. - to separate or set apart from others: [~ + object + from + object]The hospital segregates patients who are contagious from the others.[~ + object + and + object]segregating boys and girls at adolescence.
- Sociologyto require or impose, often with force, the separation of (a certain group) from the body of society: [~ + object + from + object]segregating one ethnic group from another.[~ + object + and + object]It is illegal to segregate blacks and whites.[no object]a society that segregates on the basis of religion.
See -greg-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024seg•re•gate (v. seg′ri gāt′;n. seg′ri git, -gāt′),USA pronunciation v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing, n. v.t. - to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group;
isolate:to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals. - Sociologyto require, often with force, the separation of (a specific racial, religious, or other group) from the general body of society.
v.i. - to separate, withdraw, or go apart;
separate from the main body and collect in one place;
become segregated. - Sociologyto practice, require, or enforce segregation, esp. racial segregation.
- Genetics(of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis.
n. - a segregated thing, person, or group.
- Latin sēgregātus (past participle of sēgregāre to part from the flock), equivalent. to sē- se- + greg- (stem of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1; see gregarious
- 1400–50 in sense "segregated''; 1535–45 as transitive verb, verbal; late Middle English segregat
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged integrate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: segregate /ˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt/ vb - to set or be set apart from others or from the main group
- (transitive) to impose segregation on (a racial or minority group)
- to undergo or cause to undergo segregation
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin sēgregāre, from sē- apart + grex a flockˈsegreˌgative adj ˈsegreˌgator n |