/ ˈsegrɪgeɪt; NAmE / verb [ vn ]
1.
segregate sb (from sb) to separate people of different races, religions or sexes and treat them in a different way :
a culture in which women are segregated from men
a racially segregated community
a segregated school (= one for students of one race or religion only)
OPP integrate
2.
segregate sth (from sth) to keep one thing separate from another :
In all our restaurants, smoking and non-smoking areas are segregated from each other.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from Latin segregat- separated from the flock, from the verb segregare , from se- apart + grex , greg- flock.