segregate

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

• (Adjective):
  • enPR: sĕ'grəgət, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɡɹəɡət/

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• (Verb):
  • enPR: sĕ'grəgāt, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɡɹəˌɡeɪt/

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segregate (comparative more segregate, superlative most segregate)

1. Separate; select.
2. (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
3. (geology) Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

segregate (third-person singular simple present segregates, present participle segregating, simple past and past participle segregated)

1. (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, Clutch, Your Love is Incarceration

     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

• isolate, separate, sequester, sunder out; see also Thesaurus:segregate

• aggregate

• segregation

• Easter egg

• IPA^(key): /se.ɡreˈɡa.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: se‧gre‧gà‧te

segregate

1. inflection of segregare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

segregate f pl

1. feminine plural of segregato

• saggerete

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seː.ɡreˈɡaː.te/, [s̠eːɡrɛˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.ɡreˈɡa.te/, [seɡreˈɡäːt̪e]

sēgregāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sēgregō

segregate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of segregar combined with te