Dictionary Entry
section
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈsɛkʃən/Word FrequencyCommon (5.81)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
In a Sentence
“The essay uses section to make the point more precise.”
Published Usage Examples
“*** CuD, Issue #1. 18/File 3 of 5/Title 18 USC Sect 1343 *** % We asked Mike Godwin to forward a copy of Title 18 USC % section% 1343 because it is the basis of eight of the 11 counts (the other 3 allege violations of section 2314).”
“And if this whole magnet be more and more positive, by regular degrees through all the sections, from its negative to its positive end or pole, then the nearer any given part of it, say the _second section_ -- the patient's person, may be to its positive pole in the negative post, so much the more _positive_ that secti”
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Origin
Latin, from secare 'to cut'.
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