segregateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈseɡ.rɪ.ɡeɪt/us/ˈseɡ.rə.ɡeɪt/to keep one group of people apart from another and treat them differently, especially because of race or sex:
a segregated school/society
Blacks were segregated from whites in every area of life.
to keep one thing separate from another:
The systems will have to be able to segregate clients' money from the firm's own cash.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Isolating and separating
- compartmentalize
- cone
- cone sth off
- cordon
- cordon sth off
- cut sb/sth off
- divide
- insulate
- insulation
- insulator
- intersect
- isolate
- isolation
- screen sth off
- seclude
- separate
- separately
- sequester
- wrenching
- zonal
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segregated
adjective uk/ˈseɡ.rɪ.ɡeɪ.tɪd/us/ˈseɡ.rə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɪd/
segregated schools
The psychiatric section is segregated (= separated) from the rest of the prison.
segregation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌseɡ.rɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌseɡ.rəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
The system of racial segregation that used to exist in South Africa was called apartheid.