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English noun: segregate | |||
| 1. | segregate (person) someone who is or has been segregated | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
English verb: segregate | |||
| 1. | segregate (social) separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation | ||
| Samples | This neighborhood is segregated. We don't segregate in this county. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discriminate, separate, single out | ||
| Antonyms | desegregate, integrate, mix | ||
| 2. | segregate (contact) divide from the main body or mass and collect | ||
| Samples | Many towns segregated into new counties. Experiments show clearly that genes segregate. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | divide, part, separate | ||
| 3. | segregate (change) separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others | ||
| Samples | The sun segregates the carbon. Large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | insulate, isolate | ||
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