different between assort vs segregate

English

Etymology

Middle French assortir

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Verb

assort (third-person singular simple present assorts, present participle assorting, simple past and past participle assorted)

1. (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

     They appear […] no way assorted to those with whom they must associate.

2. (intransitive) To be of a kind with.
3. (intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.
4. (transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.

   to assort a cargo

Derived terms

• assortation
• assortative

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Astors, Astros, roasts, sortsa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??/

Verb

assort

1. third-person singular present indicative of assortir

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?