different between arrange vs segregate

English

Etymology

From Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), from Old French arengier, arrangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old High German hring, ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). More at ring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?nd?/
• Rhymes: -e?nd?

Verb

arrange (third-person singular simple present arranges, present participle arranging, simple past and past participle arranged)

1. (transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.
3. (music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• arrangement

Translations

French

Verb

arrange

1. first-person singular present indicative of arranger
2. third-person singular present indicative of arranger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
5. second-person singular imperative of arranger

Anagrams

• rangera

English

Etymology

From Latin s?greg?tus, perfect passive participle of s?greg? (“I separate”), from s?- (“apart”) + greg? (“I flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.

Pronunciation

• (Adjective):
  • enPR: s?'gr?g?t, IPA^(key): /?s??????t/
• (Verb):
  • enPR: s?'gr?g?t, IPA^(key): /?s??????e?t/

Adjective

segregate (comparative more segregate, superlative most segregate)

1. Separate; select.
2. (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
3. (geology) Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

Verb

segregate (third-person singular simple present segregates, present participle segregating, simple past and past participle segregated)

1. (transitive) To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

Synonyms

• isolate, separate, sequester, sunder out; see also Thesaurus:segregate

Antonyms

• aggregate

Related terms

• segregation

Translations

Anagrams

• Easter egg

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.?re??a.te/

Verb

segregate

1. second-person plural present indicative of segregare
2. second-person plural imperative of segregare
3. feminine plural of segregato

Anagrams

• saggerete

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /se?.?re??a?.te/, [s?e??r???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.?re??a.te/, [s??r?????t??]

Verb

s?greg?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of s?greg?