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How to pronounce segment in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms section
Type of part, divide, separate
Has types syllabise, syllabify, quarter, syllabicate, syllabize
Derivation segmentation


segment an orange.
segment a compound word.
Type Words
Synonyms section
Type of part, portion
Has types subsection, curve, dado, leaf, length, straight, straightaway, subdivision, bend


finished the final segment of the road.
Type Words
Type of part, separate, divide
Verb group section


The cells segmented.
Type Words
Type of piece, part
Has types metamere, internode, somite, section, sarcomere


a segment of an orange.

Examples of segment

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It is wrong to single out a segment of society, like smokers, for tax increases.
From the omaha.com
Like the rest of the segment, the Cruz is characterized by its general okayness.
From the bloomberg.com
Cloud computing services make up a growing portion of that segment, Savvis said.
From the abcnews.go.com
The reluctant and cynical Susan is assigned to do a news segment about Caroline.
From the post-gazette.com
The figure dwarfs the $173 million loss the segment incurred in the 2006 period.
From the forbes.com
It's expanding its share of the high-volume but tightfisted mass-market segment.
From the forbes.com
Peters said all stream-related work will be done on the western segment in time.
From the washingtonpost.com
Thirdly, the segment failed to enlighten or inform at even the most basic level.
From the guardian.co.uk
For most of the segment, it was much less-at one point I saw 9 viewers, then 81.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • Divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
  • Section: one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
  • Divide or split up; "The cells segmented"
  • One of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange"
  • Segmentation in biology refers to either (1) a type of gastrointestinal motility ("mixing" movements (in contrast to "propulsive" movements)) or (2) the division of some animal and plant body plans into a series of repetitive segments. ...
  • A segment of handwriting is a piece of the pen-tip trajectory between two defined segmentation points. ...
  • In linguistics (specifically, phonetics and phonology), the term segment may be defined as "any discrete unit that can be identified, either physically or auditorily, in the stream of speech."
  • In geometry, a line segment is a part of a line that is bounded by two end points, and contains every point on the line between its end points. Examples of line segments include the sides of a triangle or square. ...
  • A city car (or urban car) is a term for a car intended for use primarily in an urban area.