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DESEGREGATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they desegregate ... he / she / it desegregates
Past simple: desegregated
-ing form: desegregating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
Example:
This school is completely desegregated
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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)