section

«section» in Mova's school dictionary: one part of something that is split into parts, like a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (section, sections); verb (section, sections, sectioned, sectioning)

meaning for a pupil

1) A section is one part of something that is split into parts, like a section of a fence, a book or an orange. tree →

2) A section is a part of a group or place: the music section, the children's section of the library. tree →

3) A cross-section is what you see when you cut straight through something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a part of a whole: sections of a fence, a book, a garden or a pizza; equal sections: whole = sections × size, size = whole ÷ sections; fraction of the whole. In science: a cross-section of a tree trunk shows its rings. In school: the reading section of a test. Phrases: a section of, in sections, the sports section, cross-section, string section.

examples

• The fence has 8 sections, each 2 m long. tree →
• The book has 5 sections of 20 pages. tree →
• She planted 9 seeds in each section. tree →
• A pizza is cut into 8 sections. tree →
• Find the picture books in the children's section. tree →
• An orange has many sections. tree →
• Answer every question in section A. tree →
• The cross-section of the trunk showed 40 rings. tree →
• With one more legend about this favorite saint, I will conclude this section of the present chapter. tree →

note

Countable. A «sector» is a slice of a circle; a «section» is any part. Equal sections: whole = sections × size, size = whole ÷ sections. Trap: a fence of 8 sections has 9 posts.

In the corpora

• The rhythm section is the bass and drums together, which hold the beat; the bass plays the low notes.
• Millipedes have two pairs of legs on most body sections and centipedes have one pair, which is how you tell them apart.
• So they piled cushions on the floor and called it the VIP section, and suddenly everyone wanted it.
• How you name a place, like calling the floor the VIP section, can change how it feels to sit there.

Trees and pragmatics

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