segregate

US: /ˈsɛɡɹəˌɡeɪt/
UK: /sˈɛɡɹɪɡˌe‍ɪt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


segregate /'segrigit/
  • tính từ
    • (động vật học) ở đơn độc
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) tách riêng, riêng biệt
    • động từ
      • tách riêng, chia riêng ra

    Advanced English dictionary


    + verb [VN]
    1 ~ sb (from sb) to separate people of different races, religions or sexes and treat them differently: a culture in which women are segregated from men + Whites and blacks were segregated into different parts of town. + a racially segregated community + a segregated school (= one for students of one race or religion only)
    Antonym: INTEGRATE
    2 ~ sth (from sth) to keep one thing separate from another: In all our restaurants, smoking and non-smoking areas are segregated from each other.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    separate, segment, partition, isolate, seclude, sequester, set apart, compartmentalize, exclude, ostracize, discriminate against:
    In the sorting process, each size must be segregated into its own compartment. Their policy was to segregate the Blacks from the rest of the population.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADV.

    strictly

    PREP.

    according to, by
    Jobs were strictly segregated by gender.
    | from
    The women were segregated from the male workers in the factory.
    | into
    The common room was segregated into smoking and non-smoking areas.

    PHRASES

    highly segregated
    Women's work has always been highly segregated.
    | racially/socially segregated


    Concise English dictionary


    segregates|segregated|segregating'segrɪgeɪt
    noun
    +someone who is or has been segregated
    verb
    +separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
    +divide from the main body or mass and collect
    +separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others