resegregate

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verb

To segregate, or become segregated, again.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbresegregate (third-person singular simple present resegregates, present participle resegregating, simple past and past participle resegregated)

present singular third person resegregates · participle present resegregating · participle past resegregated · past resegregated

  1. ambitransitiveTo segregate, or become segregated, again.

    But school officials have found that the 55,000-student city school district, with Chinese the dominant ethnic group followed by Hispanics, blacks and whites, is resegregating.

    2007 July 15, Jonathan D. Glater, “School Diversity Based on Income Segregates Some”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishsegregate
  7. Englishresegregate

From re- + segregate.

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APA

resegregate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resegregate

MLA

“resegregate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resegregate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resegregate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resegregate.

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