different between segregate vs sperate

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?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speratus, past participle of sperare (“to hope”).

Adjective

sperate (comparative more sperate, superlative most sperate)

1. (archaic) hoped for

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Anagrams

• Partees, Perates, reapest, repaste, repeats, retapes, tree sap

Interlingua

Participle

sperate

1. past participle of sperar

Italian

Verb

sperate

1. second-person plural present indicative of sperare
2. second-person plural imperative of sperare
3. feminine plural of sperato

Anagrams

• esperta, pareste, pestare, pesterà, pratese, pretesa, saprete, sparete

Latin

Verb

sp?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sp?r?