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segregate
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)
- Separate; select.
- (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
- (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)
- (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
- second-person plural present indicative of segregare
- second-person plural imperative of segregare
- 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
- second-person plural present active imperative of s?greg?
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separate
English
Etymology
Latin separatus, perfect passive participle of separare (“to separate”), from Latin s?- (“apart”) +? par? (“prepare”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English sc?adan (whence English shed).
Pronunciation
- (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /?s?p??t/, /?s?p???t/
- (verb) IPA(key): /?s?p??e?t/
- Hyphenation: sep?a?rate
Adjective
separate (not comparable)
- Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
- This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
- (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
- I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
Translations
Verb
separate (third-person singular simple present separates, present participle separating, simple past and past participle separated)
- (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
- (transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
- 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
- From the fine gold I separate the allay [alloy].
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
- 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
- (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
- (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
- (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
- Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Synonyms
- (divide into separate parts): partition, split; see also Thesaurus:divide
- (disunite something from one thing): See also Thesaurus:disjoin
- (cause to be separate): split up, tear apart
- (divide itself): break down, come apart, disintegrate, fall apart
- (select from among others): earmark, sepose; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Antonyms
- annex
- combine
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
separate (plural separates)
- (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.
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Usage notes
- The spelling is separate (-par-). seperate (-per-) is a common misspelling.
See also
- disunite
- disconnect
- divide
- split
- reduce
- subtract
Anagrams
- asperate
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
separate
- inflection of separat:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Verb
separate
- second-person plural indicative present of separare
- second-person plural imperative of separare
Latin
Verb
s?par?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of s?par?
References
- separate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- separate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- separate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
separate
- definite singular of separat
- plural of separat
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
separate
- definite singular of separat
- plural of separat
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