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segregate

adj
/ˈsɛɡɹəɡət//ˈsɛɡɹəˌɡeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“to separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.

  1. derived from sēgregātus

Definitions

  1. Separate

    Separate; select.

  2. Separated from others of the same kind.

  3. Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To separate.

      • One aim of the reorganisation on both routes is to segregate completely the operation of the District and Tilbury Lines between London and Upminster, removing physical connections between the two.
      • Throw me in cuffs, no chance of parole / Back in the house, thirty days in the hole / Segregate me from the local population, your love is, uh, incarceration

    2. In particular, to separate and organize by characteristics.

      • Please segregate the pairs of shoes by size into their respective boxes.

    3. To separate (races, sexes, or other groups, especially black and white people),…

      To separate (races, sexes, or other groups, especially black and white people), especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep them apart.

      • Although the California State Supreme Court ended the official segregation of public schools in 1877, Sacramento continued to segregate well into the 1880s (Sacramento African American Historical and Cultural Society [SAAHCS] 1990:9, 20).
      • […] the National Guard continued to segregate and practice racial discrimination; and black soldiers often found it difficult to obtain decent housing in surrounding communities.

    4. An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity.

      • A segregate becomes conspicuous once it is removed from its aggregate.
      • […] to determine whether geographic segregates are discernible.
      • […] the first three segregates are included in a superordinate category at a lower level than that of the segregate ultimately including hawk, horse, and crocodile.

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Derived

consegregate, cosegregate, cosegregating, desegregate, missegregate, nonsegregating, outsegregate, presegregate, resegregate, segregatable, segregative, segregator, self-segregate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA