📒 any of the parts into which something is divided
- section of something That section of the road is still closed.
- the tail section of the plane
- The library has a large biology section.
📒 a separate part of a structure from which the whole can be put together
- The shed comes in sections that you assemble yourself.
📒 a separate part of a document, book, etc.
- These issues will be discussed more fully in the next section.
- the sports section of the newspaper
- The report has a section on accidents at work.
📒 a separate group within a larger group of people
- section of something an issue that will affect large sections of the population
- the brass section of an orchestra
- an area populated largely by the poorer sections of society
📒 a department in an organization, institution, etc.
- He's the director of the finance section.
- the section of the company dealing with customer services
- He works in the embassy's political section.
📒 a district of a town, city or county
- the Dorchester section of Boston
- one of the city’s most affluent sections
📒 a measure of land, equal to one square mile
📒 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
- section through something The illustration shows a section through a leaf.
- in section The architect drew the house in section.
📒 the act of cutting or separating something in an operation
- The surgeon performed a section (= made a cut) on the vein.
📒 a very thin flat piece cut from body tissue to be looked at under a microscope
- to examine a section from the kidney