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# chapter

«chapter» in Mova's school dictionary: **one part of a book; a book is divided into chapters** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (chapter, chapters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A chapter is one part of a book; a book is divided into chapters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#m1)

2) A chapter can be a part or a time in someone's life or in history: «a new chapter». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a part of a book that holds pages: chapters × pages in each = pages; at school children read chapter books; phrases: «chapter one», «chapter book», «the next chapter», «a new chapter»

### examples

- The book has 12 chapters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#x1)
- Each chapter has 15 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#x2)
- She read 3 chapters a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#x3)
- How many pages are in the whole book? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#x4)
- Mum reads us a chapter every night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#x5)
- Chapter 1 begins on page 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#x6)
- The last chapter was the most exciting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#x7)
- Moving to a new school was a new chapter for Ben. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/#x8)

### note

Countable: a chapter, chapters. A group of pages: chapters × pages in each = pages. Trap: the number of chapters is not the number of pages; if the pages count is given directly, chapters may be a distractor.

### In the corpora

- [The chapter ends: «Toad went up to Town by an early train this morning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/38/)
- [The chapter's name is «Wayfarers All»: wayfarers are travellers on foot, people on their way somewhere.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air/5/)
- [In chapter VI Badger had said almost the same: «The hour has come!...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/37/)
- [A cliffhanger ends a chapter or episode at a tense moment, so the reader must read on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/42-building-tension-and-suspense/14/)
- [Aisha said she'd read her chapter about a dragon; the book was about a pony.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chapter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.