Word: Section
How to pronounce: sekʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.
Example sentences: "Arrange orange sections on a platter"
2. A distinct group within a larger body of people or things.
Example sentences: "The children's section of the library"
3. The cutting of a solid by or along a plane.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Divide into sections.
Example sentences: "She began to section the grapefruit"
2. Commit (someone) compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act.
Example sentences: "Should she be sectioned?"
Synonyms:
partition
topic
cross section
incision
sectional view
part
area
portion
quarter
volume
department
segment
unit
piece
subdivision
division
slice
cutting
snippet
paragraph
article
clause
subsection
heading
chapter
Antonyms:
chapter
branch
dissection
Derivations:
sectioned
sectioning
sectional
sect
sector
sectionalism
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Section in Other Languages...
Spanish: Apartado
German: Abschnitt
French: Section
Italian: Sezione
Turkish: Bölme
