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Latinos come from different countries, and they tend to segregate with only their country instead of embracing all the other countries, because in reality, all the Latinos are going through the same experiences of discrimination and racism.
Andrea Navedo

Meaning of "segregate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEGREGATE

From Latin sēgregāre, from sē- apart + grex a flock.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SEGREGATE

segregate  [ˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEGREGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Segregate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb segregate in English.

WHAT DOES SEGREGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of segregate in the English dictionary

The first definition of segregate in the dictionary is to set or be set apart from others or from the main group. Other definition of segregate is to impose segregation on. Segregate is also to undergo or cause to undergo segregation.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SEGREGATE

PRESENT

Present
I segregate
you segregate
he/she/it segregates
we segregate
you segregate
they segregate
Present continuous
I am segregating
you are segregating
he/she/it is segregating
we are segregating
you are segregating
they are segregating
Present perfect
I have segregated
you have segregated
he/she/it has segregated
we have segregated
you have segregated
they have segregated
Present perfect continuous
I have been segregating
you have been segregating
he/she/it has been segregating
we have been segregating
you have been segregating
they have been segregating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I segregated
you segregated
he/she/it segregated
we segregated
you segregated
they segregated
Past continuous
I was segregating
you were segregating
he/she/it was segregating
we were segregating
you were segregating
they were segregating
Past perfect
I had segregated
you had segregated
he/she/it had segregated
we had segregated
you had segregated
they had segregated
Past perfect continuous
I had been segregating
you had been segregating
he/she/it had been segregating
we had been segregating
you had been segregating
they had been segregating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will segregate
you will segregate
he/she/it will segregate
we will segregate
you will segregate
they will segregate
Future continuous
I will be segregating
you will be segregating
he/she/it will be segregating
we will be segregating
you will be segregating
they will be segregating
Future perfect
I will have segregated
you will have segregated
he/she/it will have segregated
we will have segregated
you will have segregated
they will have segregated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been segregating
you will have been segregating
he/she/it will have been segregating
we will have been segregating
you will have been segregating
they will have been segregating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would segregate
you would segregate
he/she/it would segregate
we would segregate
you would segregate
they would segregate
Conditional continuous
I would be segregating
you would be segregating
he/she/it would be segregating
we would be segregating
you would be segregating
they would be segregating
Conditional perfect
I would have segregate
you would have segregate
he/she/it would have segregate
we would have segregate
you would have segregate
they would have segregate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been segregating
you would have been segregating
he/she/it would have been segregating
we would have been segregating
you would have been segregating
they would have been segregating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you segregate
we let´s segregate
you segregate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to segregate
Past participle
segregated
Present Participle
segregating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEGREGATE


castigate
ˈkæstɪˌɡeɪt
circumnavigate
ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
colligate
ˈkɒlɪˌɡeɪt
congregate
ˈkɒŋɡrɪˌɡeɪt
delegate
ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt
desegregate
diːˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt
disaggregate
dɪsˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt
fumigate
ˈfjuːmɪˌɡeɪt
instigate
ˈɪnstɪˌɡeɪt
investigate
ɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt
irrigate
ˈɪrɪˌɡeɪt
litigate
ˈlɪtɪˌɡeɪt
mitigate
ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt
navigate
ˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
obligate
ˈɒblɪˌɡeɪt
reaggregate
riːˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt
relegate
ˈrɛlɪˌɡeɪt
resegregate
riːˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt
subirrigate
sʌbˈɪrɪˌɡeɪt
variegate
ˈvɛərɪˌɡeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEGREGATE

segmentary
segmentate
segmentation
segmentation cavity
segni
segno
sego
Segovia
segreant
segregable
segregant
segregated
segregation
segregational
segregationist
segregative
segregator
segue
segugio
seguidilla

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEGREGATE

ablegate
abnegate
aggregate
apostolic delegate
climategate
exclusive OR gate
Fergiegate
gate
in the aggregate
legate
macroaggregate
negate
nondelegate
pledged delegate
sluicegate
somegate
subaggregate
superdelegate
unpledged delegate
walking delegate

Synonyms and antonyms of segregate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SEGREGATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «segregate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of segregate

Translation of «segregate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEGREGATE

Find out the translation of segregate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of segregate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «segregate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

隔离
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

segregar
570 millions of speakers

English

segregate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अलग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отделить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

segregar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নি: সঙ্গ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

séparer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memisahkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

trennen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

分離する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

떼어 놓다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Segregate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chia ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிக்கவோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेगळे करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

segregare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

segregować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відокремити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

segrega
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαχωρίζουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

segregera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

segregere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of segregate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEGREGATE»

The term «segregate» is regularly used and occupies the 56.120 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEGREGATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «segregate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «segregate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about segregate

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4 QUOTES WITH «SEGREGATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word segregate.
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Rory McIlroy
I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to people in America, and it would be terrible for me to segregate myself from one of those groups that support me so much.
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Martha McSally
If it were in our national security to deploy to South Africa under apartheid, would we have found it acceptable or customary to segregate African American soldiers from other American soldiers, and say, 'It's just a cultural thing'? I don't think so. I would hope not.
3
Andrea Navedo
Latinos come from different countries, and they tend to segregate with only their country instead of embracing all the other countries, because in reality, all the Latinos are going through the same experiences of discrimination and racism.
4
Evelyn Waugh
The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEGREGATE»

Discover the use of segregate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to segregate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Blacks and Social Justice
bare intentions cause no harm, stigmatic or otherwise. Thus a school board's intention to segregate unjustly does not matter if it must completely disguise that intention by implementing policies which segregate, but are defensible. For in that ...
Bernard R. Boxill, 1992
2
New Flora of the British Isles
Poaceae MONOCOTYLEDONS Segregate of 140. Araceae 139. Acoraceae split off; paraphyletic due to exclusion of 141. Lemnaceae Segregate of 157. Liliaceae Incl. Najadaceae Incl. Zannichelliaceae Segregate of 157. Liliaceae Segregate ...
Clive Stace, 2010
3
Waste Management and the Environment VII:
POSITIVE Positive feeling to segregated waste UNPLEASNT Segregated waste is unpleasant FAVOR Favourable feelings to segregated waste Subjective norms FRIEND Friends influence to segregate waste FAMILY Family influence to ...
C. A. Brebbia, G. Passerini, H. Itoh, 2014
4
Proving Continuous Improvement with Profit Ability
To Segregate Budget Expenses • Segregate using the 80/20 rule • Track labor dollars per sales dollar • Track nonlabor dollars per sales dollar • Track overhead dollars per sales dollar • Evaluate projects by ROA • Prioritize projects by ROA ...
Russ Jones, 2008
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Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex
These 61 minicolumns were intended to represent a larger-scale somatosensory cortical column, a segregate (Favorov et al., 1987; Favorov and Whitsel, 1988a; Favorov and Diamond, 1990). Segregates are discrete cortical macrocolumns ...
Ove Franzén, Roland Johansson, Lars Y. Terenius, 1996
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Crustal Structures and Mineral Deposits: E.S.T. O'Driscoll's ...
The smaller segregate trends appear as structural entities, commonly striking northerly, one way or the other, and distributed along or within the corridor. If the illustration pattern is applied to Cobar, for instance, then the major aggregate trend ...
Jennifer Anne Bourne, 2007
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Thinking and Deciding
If we integrate outcomes, we add them together before we apply the Value function. They are considered as part of the same mental account. If we segregate different outcomes from each other, we apply the Value function to each gain or loss ...
Jonathan Baron, 2000
8
Internet and Online Law
First, if a provider or BBS or Web site operator itself (or through its independent sysops) identifies and segregates certain materials, potential liability could arise when erroneous or willful decisions are taken not to segregate specific indecent ...
Kent D. Stuckey, 1996
9
California Construction Law
In response to this contention, the court stated that the only penalty for failure to segregate under section 1194.1 is that the lien claim is postponed to other liens, and when it is impossible to segregate, there is no responsibility upon the ...
Gibbs, Kenneth C. Gibbs, Gordon Hunt, 2010
10
Anthropological Theory
Ham'n cheese sandwich would not, I think, qualify as a single lexeme; nevertheless it is a standard segregate label whose function in naming objects cannot be distinguished from that of forms like hot dog. Suppose further utterances from ...
Robert Alan Manners, David Kaplan

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEGREGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term segregate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ruling due on terrorists' 'segregation'
The UK's highest court rules today on an action by two high-profile terrorist prisoners who claim their human rights were violated when they were segregated for ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
2
Sonagachi and Bowbazar: Blood bank to segregate, stop use of …
Days after blood donation camps were conducted in two red light areas in Kolkata, the Manicktala Blood Bank has decided to segregate and stop use of the ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Hillary Supporter Talks About Bringing Back Internment Camps …
It's our right and our obligation to segregate them from the normal community for the duration of the conflict.” In his closing thoughts on the interment camp ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»
4
I Witnessed Silicon Valley's White–Asian Divide From the Inside
White and Asian students in California schools self-segregate. ... "[Self-segregation] was good for mutual understanding, I suppose, but utterly terrible for any sort ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
5
It's Mostly White People Who Prefer to Live in Segregated
The idea that many Americans “voluntarily” choose to self-segregate by race is ... and is a reminder that racial segregation remains a powerful force in shaping ... «CityLab, Jun 15»
6
U. Oklahoma To Segregate Gay Students Into SEPARATE-BUT …
Officials at the University of Oklahoma have announced plans to enhance inclusivity on campus by building a separate-but-equal student lounge which will ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
7
Melissa McCarthy calls out malls for 'segregating' plus-size women
The actress, who is launching her own fashion line this year, talked about how plus-size clothes are often segregated in a different section in stores, or in entirely ... «USA TODAY, May 15»
8
SECNAV: Different uniform styles segregate women
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has spent years ordering the Navy and Marine Corps to jettison female specific uniform styles as a way to ensure women don't feel ... «NavyTimes.com, May 15»
9
Segregate Mediclaim without losing existing policy benefits
Segregating health insurance policy is possible. More important is it is not a difficult process and you can do so without losing benefits such as pre-existing ... «Moneycontrol.com, Mar 15»
10
Segregate waste at source: Collector
Segregation of waste at collection point will help local bodies dispose of it safely and recycle bio-non-degradable waste. Plastic waste should be used to lay ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»

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