chapter

«chapter» in Mova's school dictionary: one part of a book; a book is divided into chapters — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (chapter, chapters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A chapter is one part of a book; a book is divided into chapters. tree →

2) A chapter can be a part or a time in someone's life or in history: «a new chapter». tree →

sense in the lessons

a part of a book that holds pages: chapters × pages in each = pages; at school children read chapter books; phrases: «chapter one», «chapter book», «the next chapter», «a new chapter»

examples

• The book has 12 chapters. tree →
• Each chapter has 15 pages. tree →
• She read 3 chapters a day. tree →
• How many pages are in the whole book? tree →
• Mum reads us a chapter every night. tree →
• Chapter 1 begins on page 5. tree →
• The last chapter was the most exciting. tree →
• Moving to a new school was a new chapter for Ben. tree →

note

Countable: a chapter, chapters. A group of pages: chapters × pages in each = pages. Trap: the number of chapters is not the number of pages; if the pages count is given directly, chapters may be a distractor.

In the corpora

• The chapter ends: «Toad went up to Town by an early train this morning.
• The chapter's name is «Wayfarers All»: wayfarers are travellers on foot, people on their way somewhere.
• In chapter VI Badger had said almost the same: «The hour has come!...
• A cliffhanger ends a chapter or episode at a tense moment, so the reader must read on.
• Aisha said she'd read her chapter about a dragon; the book was about a pony.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chapter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.