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DESEGREGATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desegregate mean?
• DESEGREGATE (verb)
The verb DESEGREGATE has 1 sense:
1. open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
Familiarity information: DESEGREGATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they desegregate
... he / she / it desegregates

Past simple: desegregated

Past participle: desegregated

-ing form: desegregating





Past simple: desegregated


Past participle: desegregated


-ing form: desegregating


Sense 1
Meaning:
Open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
Context example:
This school is completely desegregated
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
segregate (separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation)
Derivation:
desegregation (the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community)
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