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Synonyms for section

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sek-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛk ʃən

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Définition of section

Origin :
  • late 14c., "intersection of two straight lines; division of a scale;" from Old French section or directly from Latin sectionem (nominative sectio) "a cutting, cutting off, division," noun of action from past participle stem of secare "to cut," from PIE root *sek- "to cut" (cf. Old Church Slavonic seko, sešti "to cut," se čivo "ax, hatchet;" Lithuanian isekti "to engrave, carve;" Albanian šate "mattock;" Old Saxon segasna, Old English sigðe "scythe;" Old English secg "sword," seax "knife, short sword;" Old Irish doescim "I cut;" Latin saxum "rock, stone").
  • From 1550s as "act of cutting or dividing." Meaning "subdivision of a written work, statute, etc." is from 1570s. Meaning "a part cut off from the rest" is from early 15c.
  • noun division, portion
Example sentences :
  • I there met young men, many, and not the least noticeable of whom, came from this section.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • In what section of the city did most of the working girls, who had no homes, live?
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Just now our section of the line is quiet, so I often go and sit there.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • The Bunerwals belong to the Yusaf section, of the Yusafzai tribe.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The section tenanted by the family of Shewish lay furthest from the door.
  • Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael
  • This is the proposition which I intended to enforce in the present section.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • Pyroxene, quartz and augite form the groundmass, as seen in section.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • The train is 120 ft. long--the same length as that of a section.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 » by Various
  • In a village in that section there once dwelt a wealthy man.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • This section had its banner too, and it was marked, "Our Dead."
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

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