section
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1.9
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃən/
:
gajo
- Then she peels him his half of the orange, divides it into sections, and he sucks.
Examples
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Now I'm going to cut a section of orange.
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The nonsmoking section's over there.
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We get women here, a cross section of the country, who have served their communities all their lives.
Fiction book (1994) -
And we think we can judge a small section of the painting without seeing the whole.
Blog text (28) -
Suddenly, a small section of snow loosened under his feet.
Fiction book (1998) -
Popping an orange section into his mouth, he turns towards the brightly lit house.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'll have the grapefruit sections, two poached eggs cinnamon toast, regular coffee.
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Peel the grapefruit, separate it into sections, and enjoy the refreshing taste.
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For dessert, I like to serve the fruit salad with orange and grapefruit sections on top.
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She carefully arranged the sections of the orange on the plate for a colorful display.
Compounds
- Specialized
41
3.4
A surgery to deliver a baby by making cuts in the mother's abdomen and womb
- Specialized
1
3.7
A surface or shape made by cutting through an object across its longest part
1
3.5
A group of musicians in an orchestra who play instruments like violins and cellos
- Specialized
1
3.7
An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb
- 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
A curve made when a flat surface cuts a cone, like an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola
- Specialized
Showing the inside shape you see when you cut something across, like a tree trunk
A small group in a course where students meet to talk about material, usually led by a teaching assistant
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
- Specialized
A drawing that shows what a building or object looks like when cut horizontally
A teacher who leads a part of a college course, like a lab or discussion group
- Specialized
A drawing that shows the inside of a building or machine as if you cut it from top to bottom
How Fine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Section comes from the Latin secare 'to cut', and we call each part of an orange a section because each piece is like a natural little slice of the fruit.