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{ "term": "section", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "any of the parts into which something is divided", "sensetop": "section of something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "That section of the road is still closed.", "contextForm": "section of something" }, { "text": "the tail section of the plane" }, { "text": "The library has a large biology section." }, { "text": "Large sections of the forest have been destroyed by acid rain." }, { "text": "You'll find the book in the music section." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["opening", "concluding", "final"], "verb + section": ["dedicate", "devote", "add"], "section + noun": ["leader", "manager"], "preposition": ["in a/the section", "in sections", "under section"], "phrases": ["a section of society"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a separate part of a structure from which the whole can be put together", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The shed comes in sections that you assemble yourself." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["opening", "concluding", "final"], "verb + section": ["dedicate", "devote", "add"], "section + noun": ["leader", "manager"], "preposition": ["in a/the section", "in sections", "under section"], "phrases": ["a section of society"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a separate part of a document, book, etc.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "These issues will be discussed more fully in the next section." }, { "text": "the sports section of the newspaper" }, { "text": "The report has a section on accidents at work." }, { "text": "The book is **divided into** four **sections**." }, { "text": "It is difficult to navigate from one section of the site to another." }, { "text": "Feel free to add your own ideas in the **comments section**." }, { "text": "the previous/following/final section" }, { "text": "Section by section, this essay examines and explores the key terms." }, { "text": "I skipped the section on garden design." }, { "text": "The book is divided into chapters, sections, and sub-sections." }, { "text": "The new edition of the dictionary adds a section on phrasal verbs." }, { "text": "The case was the first prosecution under Section 3A of the Road Traffic Act 1988." }, { "text": "Section 3 applies to clauses which restrict liability." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["opening", "concluding", "final"], "verb + section": ["dedicate", "devote", "add"], "section + noun": ["leader", "manager"], "preposition": ["in a/the section", "in sections", "under section"], "phrases": ["a section of society"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a separate group within a larger group of people", "sensetop": "section of something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "an issue that will affect large sections of the population", "contextForm": "section of something" }, { "text": "the brass section of an orchestra" }, { "text": "an area populated largely by the poorer **sections of society**" }, { "text": "The way he's been treated by certain sections of the media is despicable." }, { "text": "We've had meetings with all sections of the community." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["opening", "concluding", "final"], "verb + section": ["dedicate", "devote", "add"], "section + noun": ["leader", "manager"], "preposition": ["in a/the section", "in sections", "under section"], "phrases": ["a section of society"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a department in an organization, institution, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "He's the director of the finance section." }, { "text": "the section of the company dealing with customer services" }, { "text": "He works in the embassy's political section." }, { "text": "Which section of the company are you working in?" }, { "text": "The completed forms are passed to the personnel section for verification." } ], "synonyms": "division", "collocations": { "adjective": ["opening", "concluding", "final"], "verb + section": ["dedicate", "devote", "add"], "section + noun": ["leader", "manager"], "preposition": ["in a/the section", "in sections", "under section"], "phrases": ["a section of society"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a district of a town, city or county", "labels": "(North American English)", "examples": [ { "text": "the Dorchester section of Boston" }, { "text": "one of the city’s most affluent sections" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a measure of land, equal to one square mile", "labels": "(North American English)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a drawing or diagram of something as it would look if it were cut from top to bottom or from one side to the other", "sensetop": "section through somethingin section", "examples": [ { "text": "The illustration shows a section through a leaf.", "contextForm": "section through something" }, { "text": "The architect drew the house in section.", "contextForm": "in section" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "the act of cutting or separating something in an operation", "labels": "(medical)", "examples": [ { "text": "The surgeon performed a section *(= made a cut)* on the vein." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "a very thin flat piece cut from body tissue to be looked at under a microscope", "labels": "(medical, biology)", "examples": [ { "text": "to examine a section from the kidney" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈsekʃn/", "audio": "se/section/section__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈsekʃn/", "audio": "se/section/section__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a noun): from French section or Latin sectio(n-), from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent." }