string section
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3.5
- noun
- /strɪŋ ˈsɛkʃən/
:
sección de cuerdas
- When he had been in elementary school, he'd been the only boy in the string section.
- the string section of an orchestra
That you have your choir, maybe you have your string section, you have your trumpets.
- That you have your choir, maybe you have your string section, you have your trumpets.
Examples
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The string section's wonderful.
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All groups had members who taught instruments in the orchestral string section, and all groups had members who taught other instruments.
Academic text (2013) -
So you guys are my string section.
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I just have to tune up the string section.
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You're in the string section.
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It was like listening to the Chicago Symphony string section.
Fiction book (1990) -
The seating in my orchestra's string sections has always been according to the "best player is first chair" setup.
Academic text (1991) -
He joined HSO 21 years ago as leader of its string section.
Blog text (10) -
The small string sections add a touch of elegance to this harsher song.
Blog text (12) -
The orchestra's string section beautifully complemented the melody with its rich sound.
Synonyms
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3.3
The group of instruments like violins and cellos in an orchestra
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2.8
The group of musicians who play instruments like violins and cellos
How Large
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3.5
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3.5
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5.3
8
3.5
- Specialized
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3.2
23
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'group of musicians who play stringed instruments' is directly and compositionally derived from 'string' (here understood as stringed instruments) + 'section' (a group or subdivision). This noun–noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent senses.
Etymology
String section comes from the way an orchestra places all the players of instruments with strings together in one section, so they sit and play as a team. That's why string section means the 'group of musicians' who play violins, violas, cellos and double basses.