English Explanatory Dictionary

segregate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Separate; select.
  2. Separated from others of the same kind.
  3. Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.
verb
  1. To separate.
  2. In particular, to separate and organize by characteristics.
  3. To separate (races, sexes, or other groups, especially black and white people), especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep them apart.
noun
  1. An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity.

Pronunciation

sĕ'grəgət /ˈsɛɡɹəɡət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-segregate2.wav sĕ'grəgāt /ˈsɛɡɹəˌɡeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-segregate.wav

Word forms

segregate more segregate most segregate segregates segregating segregated

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.

Synonyms

isolate separate sequester sunder out insulate segregate set apart

Antonyms

aggregate coalesce lump together

Related words

segregation unmix

Derived words

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