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| Shopping | The largest selection of SECTION products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | seh'kshahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | A self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical). |
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| Examples | "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
| Synonyms | subdivision |
| Category | music |
| Broader | writing, written material, piece of writing; music |
| Narrower | lead, lead-in, lede; canto; above; sports section; article, clause; book; chapter; episode; spot; spot; insert; introduction; narration; conclusion, end, close, closing, ending; passage; mezuzah, mezuza; sura; exposition; obbligato, obligato; recapitulation; development |
| Meaning | A very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope. |
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| Examples | "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue" |
| Part of | slide, microscope slide |
| Broader | slice |
| Meaning | A distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people. |
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| Examples | "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section" |
| Broader | area, country |
| Narrower | outskirts; vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods |
| Instances | Forbidden City |
| Verbs | section |
| Meaning | One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object. |
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| Examples | "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground" |
| Synonyms | segment |
| Part of | whole, unit |
| Broader | part, portion |
| Narrower | bend, curve; dado; leaf; length; straightaway, straight; subsection, subdivision |
| Verbs | section |
| Meaning | A small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon. |
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| Part of | platoon |
| Broader | team, squad |
| Meaning | One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole. |
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| Examples | "the finance section of the company" |
| Synonyms | part, division |
| Part of | whole |
| Broader | concept, conception, construct |
| Narrower | beginning; middle; end; high point; component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient |
| Verbs | section |
| Meaning | A land unit of 1 square mile measuring 1 mile on a side. |
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| Broader | square mile |
| Meaning | (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid. |
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| Synonyms | plane section |
| Category | geometry |
| Broader | area, expanse, surface area |
| Narrower | cross section |
| Adjectives | sectional |
| Meaning | A division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class. |
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| Part of | orchestra; band |
| Broader | musical organization, musical organisation, musical group |
| Narrower | brass section, brass; string section, strings; percussion section, percussion, rhythm section; reed section |
| Meaning | A small army unit usually having a special function. |
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| Broader | army unit |
| Meaning | A specialized division of a large organization. |
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| Examples | "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury" |
| Synonyms | department |
| Broader | division |
| Narrower | academic department; business department; personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office; government department; payroll, payroll department; security, security department |
| Meaning | A segment of a citrus fruit. |
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| Examples | "he ate a section of the orange" |
| Part of | citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit |
| Broader | segment |
| Verbs | section |
| Meaning | The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation). |
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| Synonyms | incision, surgical incision |
| Part of | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process |
| Broader | cut, cutting |
| Narrower | gastromy; keratotomy; perineotomy; laparotomy; orchotomy; sclerotomy; nephrotomy; thoracotomy; valvotomy, valvulotomy; venesection, phlebotomy; vasotomy, vasosection |
| Meaning | Divide into segments. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | segment |
| Similar to | segment |
| Broader | separate, divide, part |
| Narrower | syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise; quarter |
| Nouns | section; section; section; section |
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