Definition of SEGREGATE

segregate

Plural: segregates

Noun

  • someone who is or has been segregated
  • An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity.

Verb

  • separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
    • "This neighborhood is segregated"
    • "We don't segregate in this county"
  • divide from the main body or mass and collect
    • "Many towns segregated into new counties"
    • "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"
  • separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
    • "the sun segregates the carbon"
    • "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
  • To separate and organize by characteristics.
  • To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

Adj

  • Separate; select.
  • Separated from others of the same kind.
  • Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

Examples

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

Origin / 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

insulate, isolate, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, sunder out

Antonyms

desegregate, aggregate, coalesce, lump together

Scrabble Score: 11

segregate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
segregate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
segregate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

segregate: valid Words With Friends Word