American English pronunciation
How to pronounce segregating
IPA transcription: ['sɛɡɹɪ,ɡeɪtɪŋ]
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Verb
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separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
“This neighborhood is segregated”
“We don't segregate in this county”
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divide from the main body or mass and collect
“Many towns segregated into new counties”
“Experiments show clearly that genes segregate”
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separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
“the sun segregates the carbon”
“large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims”
Usage examples
- He opposed the prevalent practice in Japan of segregating leprosy patients into sanatoriums.
- He proposed that mutant and non-mutant plastids were still segregating in early mitotic divisions.