segregate
11segregate — [[t]se̱grɪgeɪt[/t]] segregates, segregating, segregated VERB To segregate two groups of people or things means to keep them physically apart from each other. [V n] A large detachment of police was used to segregate the two rival camps of… …
12segregate — UK [ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt] / US [ˈseɡrəˌɡeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms segregate : present tense I/you/we/they segregate he/she/it segregates present participle segregating past tense segregated past participle segregated to separate groups of people or …
13segregate — segregable /seg ri geuh beuhl/, adj. segregative, adj. v. /seg ri gayt /; n. /seg ri git, gayt /, v., segregated, segregating, n. v.t. 1. to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional… …
14segregate — seg|re|gate [ˈsegrıgeıt] v [T] [usually passive] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of segregare, from se apart + grex herd ] 1.) to separate one group of people from others, especially because they are of a different race, sex …
15segregate — seg|re|gate [ segrə,geıt ] verb transitive to separate groups of people or things, especially because of race, sex, or religion. To integrate these groups means to bring them together: The army has decided not to segregate men and women during… …
16segregate — [16] The etymological idea underlying segregate is of ‘removal from a flock’. The word comes from Latin sēgregāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē ‘apart’ and grex ‘flock’ (source also of English aggregate, congregation, egregious [16] …
17segregate — verb routes that will segregate passenger cars from tractor trailers Syn: separate, set apart, keep apart, isolate, quarantine, closet; partition, divide, detach, disconnect, sever, dissociate; marginalize, ghettoize Ant: amalgamate …
18segregate — [16] The etymological idea underlying segregate is of ‘removal from a flock’. The word comes from Latin sēgregāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē ‘apart’ and grex ‘flock’ (source also of English aggregate, congregation, egregious [16] …
19segregate — 1. v. 1 tr. put apart from the rest; isolate. 2 tr. enforce racial segregation on (persons) or in (a community etc.). 3 intr. separate from a mass and collect together. 4 intr. Biol. (of alleles) separate into dominant and recessive groups.… …
20Segregate (taxonomy) — In taxonomy, a segregate, or a segregate taxon is created when a taxon is split off, from another taxon. This other taxon will be better known, usually bigger, and will continue to exist, even after the segregate taxon has been split off. A… …
