section

Meaning

Noun

1. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
2. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
3. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
4. A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
5. An act or instance of cutting.
6. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
7. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
8. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
9. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
10. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
11. An incision or the act of making an incision.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis) An incision or the act of making an incision.
13. thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
14. A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
15. An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
16. A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
17. (New-Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
18. (Canada, US) Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.
19. The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
20. A sequence of rock layers.
21. Archeological section; vertical plane and cross-section of the ground to view its profile and stratigraphy; part of an archeological sequence.
22. Angle section, L-section, angle iron, steel angle, slotted angle.
23. (Philippines) A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
2. (transitive) To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, transitive) To commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
4. (transitive) To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

Synonyms

part

division

department

portion

chapter

piece

segment

branch

paragraph

compartment

article

sector

clause

unit

district

area

group

subdivision

bit

cut

pigeonhole

region

fragment

squad

passage

component

incision

partition

slice

class

share

block

place

cross section

office

🏢

zone

classification

ward

profile

point

fraction

quarter

side

cutting

site

period

bureau

joint

parcel

plane section

Translations

section

sección

sezione

Abschnitt

secció

partie

Abteilung

Teil

afdeling

Sektion

seção

Schnitt

tak

branche

sectie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛkʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectiō (“cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.”), from sectus, past participle of secāre (“to cut”). More at saw.

Sentences

More information about this can be found in the modification section of this article .

" Shining Shore " is said to connect the two hymns as a B section .

This section of Sunrise Highway wasn't divided .

The trail has been constructed along a section of the former Wonthaggi line .

Both schools are in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township .