Definition of "segregate" in İngilizce

adjective

1. Separate; select.

2. (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.

3. (geology) Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

verb

1. (transitive) To separate.

2. (transitive) In particular, to separate and organize by characteristics.

   • Please segregate the pairs of shoes by size into their respective boxes.

3. (intransitive, politics) To separate (races, sexes, or other groups, especially black and white people), especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep them apart.

noun

1. An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity.

   • A segregate becomes conspicuous once it is removed from its aggregate.