Segregate

Quick meaning: Segregate is an adjective meaning Separate; select.

Meaning

Separate; select.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

[…] to determine whether geographic segregates are discernible.

A segregate becomes conspicuous once it is removed from its aggregate.

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

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

Word Forms

• segregates
• segregating
• segregated

Synonyms for segregate

Depending on context, synonyms include isolate, separate, sequester, insulate.

Antonyms for segregate

Common opposites include aggregate, coalesce, integrate, mix, desegregate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include split, isolate, divide, separate, dissociate, sever.

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