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segregate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | single out, discriminate, separate |
| Derivation | segregation, segregator |
This neighborhood is segregated.
We don't segregate in this county.
Examples of segregate
segregate
We do not segregate prisoners by race, or any other way except by security level.
From the theatlantic.com
Both said they consider it a bad idea to segregate Seneca children from others.
From the buffalonews.com
He also questions why schools segregate classrooms based on age but not gender.
From the denverpost.com
In her experience, designating something as multicultural can segregate cultures.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Even if they removed the barriers, I expect fans would still segregate themselves.
From the cnn.com
You might create folders to segregate office calls from personal calls, and so on.
From the usatoday.com
So you could segregate pictures by a kid's birthday party or college reunion.
From the usatoday.com
Attempts were made to better segregate individuals of Korean and Japanese ancestry.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's harder and harder for us to segregate our work identities from our home lives.
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- Separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"
- Someone who is or has been segregated
- 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"
- (segregation) (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
- (segregation) a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
- 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. ...
- To separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart; Separate; select; Separated from others of the same kind
- (segregation) The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people the may be voluntary or enforced by law; Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the ...
