segment

CEFRB2

/ˈsɛɡ.mənt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    One part of something that is divided into parts.

  2. 02

    verb

    To divide something into separate parts.

Examples

  • Divide this line segment into twenty equal parts.

  • Many firms are competing for the wealthier segment of the market.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A portion., A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.

  2. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

  3. A length of some object.

More examples

In context

  • She cleaned a small segment of the painting.

  • The news showed a segment on global warming.

  • a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).