segregate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

seg·re·gate [segregate segregates segregated segregating] BrE [ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt] NAmE [ˈseɡrɪɡeɪt] verb (formal)
1. ~ sb (from sb) to separate people of different races, religions or sexes and treat them in a different way
•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)
Opp: ↑integrate
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.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Latin segregat- ‘separated from the flock’, from the verb segregare, from se- ‘apart’ + grex, greg- ‘flock’.

Example Bank:
•The club was segregated into smoking and non-smoking areas.
•The women were segregated from the male workers in the factory.
•Women's work has always been highly segregated.
•racially segregated schools
•It is a culture in which women are segregated from men.
•The government is in favour of segregated schools.
•This is perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States.

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  desegregate, integrate, mix