segregate
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Etymology edit
From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“I separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“I flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.
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Adjective edit
segregate (comparative more segregate, superlative most segregate)
- Separate; select.
- (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
- (geology) Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.
Verb edit
segregate (third-person singular simple present segregates, present participle segregating, simple past and past participle segregated)
- (transitive) To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.
- 1959 November, “L.T. and E.R. developments in East London”, in Trains Illustrated, page 529:
- 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.
- 2015, “Your Love is Incarceration”, in Clutch:
- 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
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- isolate, separate, sequester, sunder out; see also Thesaurus:segregate
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to separate
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Noun edit
segregate (plural segregates)
- An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity.
- 1949, Agriculture Handbook (issue 401, page 171)
- […] to determine whether geographic segregates are discernible.
- 1987, Stephen A. Tyler, Cognitive Anthropology: Readings, page 49:
- […] 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.
- 1949, Agriculture Handbook (issue 401, page 171)
References edit
- “segregate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
segregate
- inflection of segregare:
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Participle edit
segregate f pl
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seː.ɡreˈɡaː.te/, [s̠eːɡrɛˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /se.ɡreˈɡa.te/, [seɡreˈɡäːt̪e]
Verb edit
sēgregāte
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Verb edit
segregate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of segregar combined with te