segment
- noun
- /ˈsɛɡmənt/
- Each segment of the pie chart represents a different category of expenses.
- market segment
- a segment of text
- a video segment
Remember last session, you pick a segment that is manageable.
- Remember last session, you pick a segment that is manageable.
- OK, Thank you for doing my segment for me proving my point.
- A hour and a half two hour segment is no easy task.
- Which carries us to our next segment, combinative thinking.
- Which brings us to our next segment, Reddit Rumours.
- We had a a segment called what mime hears?
- We've lost a large segment of New Yorkers.
- VYDIA is claiming the segment on behalf of the copyright holder.
Examples
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And that wraps up this week's segment of Misconnections.
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These are very specific segments of the market, OK?
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So there, that is my segment on what is in my bag.
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And we have a special little segment that is going to be fun.
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So the video segment today is quite interesting.
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It's going to be at the top of every news segment tonight.
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Let's get to our last segment testing this week.
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So we have a segment called Situations.
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When consensus could not be reached, the segment of text was removed and not used in the final results.
Academic text (2011) -
There definitely is a segment of people that-- that really don't want this story to be true.
Synonyms
A piece of something that, with others, makes a whole
A part broken or cut from something larger, like a bit of fruit
A part of something larger, like a page, pipe, or fence
A part of something that belongs to one person or group
A part of a larger organization that has its own work
A very small part of something
A small piece broken off something larger
A smaller part of a section about one topic
A smaller section inside a larger section, for example in a book or manual
A smaller part of something that has been split, like a chapter or section
A smaller area that is part of a larger region
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word segment comes from Latin segmentum, built from secare meaning 'to cut', and is like the familiar word section. Think of an orange cut into slices: each slice is a segment, a part or section taken from the whole.