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# segment

noun (a segment, segments) — said "SEG-ment"; verb (segment, segments, segmented, segmenting) — said "seg-MENT"

«segment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A segment is one of the parts something is divided into, like a segment of an orange. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#m1)
2. In maths, a line segment is the part of a line between two end points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#m2)
3. A segment of a circle is the part cut off by a straight line (a chord). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#m3)
4. A segment of a TV or radio show is one part of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#m4)
5. (verb) To segment means to divide into parts; in phonics, to segment a word means to split it into its sounds: c-a-t. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths, line segments have length that you can measure; triangles have three line segments as sides. In science, insects and worms have bodies made of segments. In reading, pupils segment words into sounds to spell them. Phrases: line segment, segment of an orange, body segment, a short segment.

### Examples

- I ate an orange segment by segment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#x1)
- Draw a line segment 6 centimetres long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#x2)
- The orange had 10 segments, so 5 children got 2 each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#x3)
- A worm's body is made of many segments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#x4)
- A triangle has three line segments for sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#x5)
- Segment the word "ship" into sounds: sh-i-p. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#x6)
- The news had a short segment on the school fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Noun stressed on the first part (SEG-ment), verb often on the second. In maths, a line goes on for ever both ways, a ray has one end, and a line segment has two ends. A circle segment is not the same as a sector (a "pizza slice" from the centre).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «segment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«segment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/segment.html) on Mova free.