Question

segregate Some schools are experimenting with gender segregation, claiming that both sexes learn better in classrooms from which the other sex is absent. ˈsɛgrəˌgeɪt

Accepted Answer

(1) To separate from others or from the general mass; isolate. (2) To separate along racial lines. The prefix se- means “apart,” so when you segregate something you set it apart from the herd. The word typically means separating something undesirable from the healthy majority. During the apple harvest, damaged fruit is segregated from the main crop and used for cider. In prisons, hardened criminals are segregated from youthful offenders. Lepers used to be segregated from the general population because they were thought to be highly infectious. The opposite of segregate is often integrate, and the two words were in the news almost daily for decades as African-Americans struggled to be admitted into all-white schools and neighborhoods

word	segregate
definition	(1) To separate from others or from the general mass; isolate. (2) To separate along racial lines.
eg_sentence	Some schools are experimenting with gender segregation, claiming that both sexes learn better in classrooms from which the other sex is absent.
explanation	The prefix se- means “apart,” so when you segregate something you set it apart from the herd. The word typically means separating something undesirable from the healthy majority. During the apple harvest, damaged fruit is segregated from the main crop and used for cider. In prisons, hardened criminals are segregated from youthful offenders. Lepers used to be segregated from the general population because they were thought to be highly infectious. The opposite of segregate is often integrate, and the two words were in the news almost daily for decades as African-Americans struggled to be admitted into all-white schools and neighborhoods
IPA	ˈsɛgrəˌgeɪt

Segregate Segregated Separate General Schools Means Mass Isolate