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single out

DEFINITIONS OF: single out

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v select from a group

“She was singled out for her outstanding performance”
Type of:
choose, pick out, select, take
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

v treat differently on the basis of sex or race

Synonyms:
discriminate, separate
Types:
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insulate, isolate
place or set apart
hive off
remove from a group and make separate
segregate
separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
redline
discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood
disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
segregate
separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
ghettoise, ghettoize
put in a ghetto
cloister
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
keep away from others
quarantine
place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
maroon
leave stranded on a desert island without resources
hamper, handicap, hinder
put at a disadvantage
prejudice
disadvantage by prejudice
Type of:
differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart
mark as different
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