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segregated

segregated is the simple past and past participle of segregate.

Adjective

segregated (comparative more segregated, superlative most segregated)

  1. Separated or isolated from others, or from another group.
  2. Having access restricted to certain groups, or excluding certain groups.

Meaning of segregate

Verb

segregate (third-person singular simple present segregates, present participle segregating, simple past and past participle segregated)

  1. (transitive) To separate.
    • One aim of the reorganisation on both routes is to segregate completely the operation of the District and Tilbury Lines between London and Upminster, removing physical connections between the two.1959 November, “L.T. and E.R. developments in East London”, in Trains Illustrated, page 529
  2. (transitive) In particular, to separate and organize by characteristics.
    • Please segregate the pairs of shoes by size into their respective boxes.
  3. (intransitive) To separate (races, sexes, or other groups, especially black and white people), especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep them apart.
    • Although the California State Supreme Court ended the official segregation of public schools in 1877, Sacramento continued to segregate well into the 1880s (Sacramento African American Historical and Cultural Society [SAAHCS] 1990:9, 20).2016 June 16, Terry L Jones, Jennifer E Perry, Contemporary Issues in California Archaeology, Routledge, →ISBN

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Forms of segregated

comparativemore segregated
superlativemost segregated

Words formed from segregated

Questions about segregated

What does segregated mean?
Segregated means separated or isolated from others, or from another group.
What is segregated the simple past and past participle of?
Segregated is the simple past and past participle of segregate.
What part of speech is segregated?
Segregated is an adjective.

Words near segregated in the dictionary

  1. segregable
  2. segregant
  3. segregants
  4. segregatable
  5. segregate
  6. segregated
  7. segregatedness
  8. segregates
  9. segregating
  10. segregation
  11. segregation distorter

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