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pre-segmented

|pre-seg-ment-ed|

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/ˌpriːˈsɛɡməntɪd/

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/ˌpriːˈsɛɡm(ə)ntɪd/

(pre-segment)

divided beforehand

Base Form	Plural	Plural	3rd Person Sing.	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle	Comparative	Superlative	Noun	Adjective
pre-segment	pre-segmentations	pre-segments	pre-segments	pre-segmented	pre-segmented	pre-segmenting	more pre-segmented	most pre-segmented	pre-segmentation	pre-segmented

Etymology

Etymology Information

'pre-segmented' originates from Modern English, formed from the prefix 'pre-' (from Latin 'prae') and the verb 'segment' (from Latin 'segmentum'), where 'pre-' meant 'before' and 'segmentum' meant 'a piece cut off'.

Historical Evolution

'pre-' comes from Latin 'prae' and 'segment' derives from Latin 'segmentum' (from 'secare' meaning 'to cut'); in Modern English these elements combined to form 'pre-segment' and then the past-participial adjective 'pre-segmented'.

Meaning Changes

Initially, the components meant 'before' + 'a cut piece'; over time the combined term 'pre-segmented' came to mean 'divided into segments beforehand' in technical and general usage.

Meanings by Part of Speech

Verb 1

past tense or past participle form of 'pre-segment' (to segment something in advance).

They pre-segmented the dataset before training the model.

Synonyms

predivided (v.)pre-split (v.)

Antonyms

left unsegmented

Adjective 1

past participle form of 'pre-segment' used as an adjective: divided into segments in advance (already segmented before a process or analysis).

The pre-segmented audio files reduced preprocessing time.

Synonyms