segment
verb/seɡˈment/
/seɡˈment/
[often passive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they segment | /seɡˈment/ /seɡˈment/ |
| he / she / it segments | /seɡˈments/ /seɡˈments/ |
| past simple segmented | /seɡˈmentɪd/ /seɡˈmentɪd/ |
| past participle segmented | /seɡˈmentɪd/ /seɡˈmentɪd/ |
| -ing form segmenting | /seɡˈmentɪŋ/ /seɡˈmentɪŋ/ |
- segment something to divide something into different parts
- Market researchers often segment the population on the basis of age and social class.
- The worm has a segmented body (= with different sections joined together).
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a term in geometry): from Latin segmentum, from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.Want to learn more?
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