segregate

🇺🇸 /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt/
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verb
R

to separate people by race, religion, or gender and treat them differently

The law used to segregate people by skin color in public places.

R

to keep things or people apart from each other

We need to segregate the recyclable materials from the regular trash.

translation

v. to separate people by race, religion, or gender and treat them differently; to keep things or people apart from each other

Word Forms

3rd Present segregates
Past segregated
Perfect segregated
Progressive segregating