segregating

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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