section
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃən/
- He works in the marketing section of the company, where he manages advertising campaigns.
- a course section
- an online section
- a student section
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Watch on YouTubeAnd they began by giving me sections of ethics to teach.
- And they began by giving me sections of ethics to teach.
- Before I forget to say the recitation section is scheduled Thursdays.
- And the people who said this is not right, they were a small section of society.
- Three weeks now, a huge section of the Amazon force is on fire.
Examples
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She divided the class into two sections.
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In the research study, college freshmen from ten different sections of Writing I courses participated.
Academic text (2013) -
We'll then do a section on social insurance.
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And I will take also two discussion sections myself.
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For teachers who taught both morning and afternoon sections, only one section was involved in the study.
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Testing order was standard across all course sections and both testing time periods.
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And they began by giving me sections of ethics to teach.
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Each June, students received their section designation when they arrived the morning of Orientation Day.
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The students were enrolled in three sections of a tenth-grade Fitness for Life course.
Academic text (2011) -
The orchestra was divided into several sections: strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A number of people or things seen as one unit
∞
2.8
A group of people in an organization who have a specific job
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2.4
A small group of people organized to do one job, like in the army or sports
390
1.3
A division of a larger organization, like a local office
147
2.4
A group of people organized to do a specific job, like soldiers or a ship crew
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5.8
A group of people organized to work or fight together
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3.2
A group of soldiers organized to fight or carry out military tasks
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4.8
A group like a company or team that works together
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2.8
A group of soldiers that does a specific task
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2.7
People or things that form one unit
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2.5
A group of soldiers organized as part of an army, like a platoon or company
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3.6
A smaller part of a larger group that has its own role or feature
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4.7
A military unit made of several groups of soldiers formed to fight
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3.1
A unit of soldiers organized to do a specific job for the armed forces
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3.4
A small group in a course where students meet to talk about material, usually led by a teaching assistant
1
4.4
A smaller part of a department that does specific tasks
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.4
A surgery to deliver a baby by making cuts in the mother's abdomen and womb
- Specialized
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3.7
A surface or shape made by cutting through an object across its longest part
- Specialized
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5.3
Showing the inside shape you see when you cut something across, like a tree trunk
2
3.5
A group of musicians in an orchestra who play instruments like violins and cellos
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3.4
A small group in a course where students meet to talk about material, usually led by a teaching assistant
- Specialized
1
7.5
A special way to divide a line or shape so the parts follow a fixed proportion often used in art
- Specialized
1
6.9
A curve made when a flat surface cuts a cone, like an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola
- Specialized
1
6.2
A drawing that shows the inside of a building or machine as if you cut it from top to bottom
- Specialized
1
5.4
A drawing that shows what a building or object looks like when cut horizontally
1
4.0
A teacher who leads a part of a college course, like a lab or discussion group
- Specialized
An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb
A part of the British government that protects the country from spies and other internal threats
A British government service that gathers secret information abroad and runs secret operations
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Section comes from the Latin secare 'to cut', meaning a part cut from a whole, which is why a section in an orchestra or company is a distinct group inside a larger organization.