Meaning

3 senses

  1. Separate; select.

  2. Separated from others of the same kind.

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

Examples

11 sentences

  1. The buses in Montgomery were segregated.

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  2. He lives in a segregated community.

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  3. Racist politicians want to segregate schools again.

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  4. He keeps his daughter segregated at home.

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  5. The school segregates boys and girls during overnight stays.

    deDie Schule trennt Jungen und Mädchen während der Übernachtungen voneinander. — hjoest

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Origin

From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“to separate”), from sē- (“a

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

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Forms

more segregate, most segregate
Comparativemore segregate Lesson
Superlativemost segregate Lesson

regular

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
seethesegmentB2segregationsegueseine
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