segment

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
  2. noun one of the parts into which something naturally divides
  3. verb divide into segments

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

section

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