section

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From Old French < Latin sectio (cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.) < sectus, past participle of secare (to cut).

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Singular
section

Plural
sections

section (plural sections)

  1. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
  2. A part, piece, division.
  3. A part of a document.

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Infinitive
to section

Third person singular
sections

Simple past
sectioned

Past participle
sectioned

Present participle
sectioning

to section (third-person singular simple present sections, present participle sectioning, simple past and past participle sectioned)

  1. To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
  2. (British) To commit, as for mental health reasons (after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health).

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  • IPA: /sɛk.sjɔ̃/

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From Latin.

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section f. (plural sections)

  1. section (all meanings)