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"he always turns first to the business section" "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"nouna self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
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"she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"nouna specialized division of a large organization
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nounthe cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
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"the finance section of the company"nounone of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a wholetype of:part of:
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"a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course"nouna small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
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verbdivide into segments
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"a section of a fishing rod" "metal sections were used below ground"nounone of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
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"no section of the nation is more ardent than the South" "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"nouna distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
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nouna division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
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"he ate a section of the orange"nouna segment of a citrus fruittype of:part of:
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nouna small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
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"sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"nouna very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscopetype of:part of:
Definition that contains section
- first highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
- end the last section of a communication
- end a final part or section
- second a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
- part a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- close the last section of a communication
- b (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
- train piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor
- middle an intermediate part or section
- lead the introductory section of a story