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Definition of segregate

1 [with object] set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide:disabled people should not be segregated from the rest of society
separate or divide along racial, sexual, or religious lines:blacks were segregated in churches, schools, and colleges (as adjective segregated)segregated education systems

2 [no object] Genetics (of pairs of alleles) be separated at meiosis and transmitted independently via separate gametes: the gene pairs segregate at reduction division

Derivatives

mid 16th century: from Latin segregat- 'separated from the flock', from the verb segregare, from se- 'apart' + grex, greg- 'flock'

Definition of segregate in the US English dictionary

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