EnglishMain Dictionary
segregate
Universal Words
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)
OPPINTEGRATE
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.
