section applies to a relatively small or uniform part.
the entertainment section of the newspaper
segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage.
the retired segment of the population
fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off.
only a fragment of the play still exists
Example Sentences
The club has 300 members. She is a member of the House of Representatives. She is a member of Parliament. a member of the audience This bird is a member of the finch family. countries that are members of the United Nations a horizontal member of a bridge See More
Recent Examples on the WebThis is worth mentioning because Nelson was a member of the 2018 draft class that produced linebacker Roquan Smith. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 Rebecca Griesbach is a member of The Alabama Education Lab team at AL.com. Sharon Lurye, al, 12 Sep. 2022 According to the website, Rylance was a member of the school's original troupe — who performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007 and starred in a brief TV show. Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 The couple soon found an ally in Couy Griffin, a flamboyant former Disneyland Paris rodeo cowboy who until this week was a member of the county commission in Otero, a rural New Mexico community of 69,000 along the Texas border. Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022 Barbados is still, however, a member of the Commonwealth. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022 His daughter, Susan (Bussey) Shimanoff, was a member of that original 2006 group. Lola Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022 Charles is now is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies. Rob Gillies, ajc, 10 Sep. 2022 Robert Toohey, Allstate’s new CHRO who joined the company in March, is a member of this cohort of boomerang HR leaders. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English membre, from Anglo-French, from Latin membrum; akin to Goth mimz flesh, Greek mēros thigh