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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.
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