Meaning
Segregate means to separate or set apart from others, often by force or by rule. It can refer to dividing people, groups, or things based on race, religion, gender, type, or other categories.
Grammar and Usage
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Part of speech: Verb (transitive and intransitive)
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Verb forms: segregate, segregates, segregated, segregating
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Typical structure:
- segregate A from B (separate A from B)
- be segregated by/into (be divided by a category)
Common Phrases
- racially segregated schools – schools divided by race
- segregate waste – separate garbage into categories
- socially segregated groups – people separated by social status
Collocations
- segregate by (e.g., segregate by race, segregate by gender)
- segregate from (e.g., segregated from the community)
- segregate into (e.g., segregated into groups)
- racially segregated / socially segregated / legally segregated
Examples
- The government once enforced laws that segregated people by race.
- Students were segregated into groups according to their language level.
- In the past, some countries segregated men and women in public places.
- The recycling system requires people to segregate plastic from paper.
- The prisoners were segregated from the general population.
- Economic inequality often results in segregated neighborhoods.
- The manager asked employees to segregate confidential documents from general files.
- Wildlife parks sometimes segregate species to ensure safety.
Synonyms or Related
- separate
- divide
- isolate
- partition
- differentiate