Words / B2

SEGM-uh-nt/ˈseɡmənt/

A segment is one part of something divided, or a section of a market or public: a pie-chart segment; a market segment. Section is wider; slice is everyday. Label each segment of the pie chart. Verb: segment the sample. Mix-up: regiment is an army unit; fragment is a broken piece. Do not call a whole cohort a segment without a split.

Meaning

One part of something that is divided; also a section of the public or of a market.

Examples

• “Label each segment of the pie chart with a percentage, not a raw count.”
• “A youth segment of the market featured in the business case, which is the customers sense.”

Good to know

a segment of + whole; a market segment. Wider: section. Trap: regiment / fragment. Graphs and business. A part, not the whole.

Near in meaning

section

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