segregate
Meaning of segregate
verb
- set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide.
apprehensions about groups segregated from the rest of society
- (of pairs of alleles) be separated at meiosis and transmitted independently via separate gametes.
the gene pairs segregate at reduction division
- an allele that has undergone segregation.
- a species within an aggregate.
mid 16th century: from Latin segregat- ‘separated from the flock’, from the verb segregare, from se- ‘apart’ + grex, greg- ‘flock’.
Information about segregate
- The plural form of segregate is: segregates.
- Languages in which segregate is used:
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Hyphenation of segregate
seg-re-gate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- segregate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
segregate synonyms
Meaning cause to move or be apart:
Meaning cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others:
Meaning put (a person or animal) in quarantine:
Meaning protect (someone or something) from unpleasant influences or experiences:
Meaning deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege:
Meaning shut (someone) away, especially in private conference or study:
Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:
Meaning protect from a danger, risk, or unpleasant experience:
Meaning divide into parts:
Meaning separate or be separated into parts:
Meaning disengage (something or part of something) and remove it:
Meaning break the connection of or between:
Meaning divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly:
Meaning legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone):
Meaning (especially in abstract contexts) disconnect or separate:
Meaning isolate or hide away:
segregate antonyms
Meaning combine or unite to form one organization or structure:
Words that rhyme with segregate
gate, Agate, agate, divagate, ellagate, extravagate, gagate, indagate, jaspagate, pervagate, plagate, propagate, refragate, repropagate, runagate, seagate, suffragate, woodagate, Ludgate, Lydgate, endgate, floodgate, headgate, landgate, lidgate, Applegate, Cripplegate, ablegate, abnegate, aggregate, allegate, cattlegate, coaggregate, congregate, delegate, denegate, desegregate, disaggregate, disgregate, foregate, horsegate, legate, macroaggregate, naegate, negate, nondelegate, predelegate, prelegate, prolegate, reaggregate
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