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# section

«section» in Mova's school dictionary: **one part of something that is split into parts, like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (section, sections); verb (section, sections, sectioned, sectioning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A section is one part of something that is split into parts, like a section of a fence, a book or an orange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#m1)

2) A section is a part of a group or place: the music section, the children's section of the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#m2)

3) A cross-section is what you see when you cut straight through something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a part of a whole: sections of a fence, a book, a garden or a pizza; equal sections: whole = sections × size, size = whole ÷ sections; fraction of the whole. In science: a cross-section of a tree trunk shows its rings. In school: the reading section of a test. Phrases: a section of, in sections, the sports section, cross-section, string section.

### examples

- The fence has 8 sections, each 2 m long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x1)
- The book has 5 sections of 20 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x2)
- She planted 9 seeds in each section. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x3)
- A pizza is cut into 8 sections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x4)
- Find the picture books in the children's section. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x5)
- An orange has many sections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x6)
- Answer every question in section A. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x7)
- The cross-section of the trunk showed 40 rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x8)
- With one more legend about this favorite saint, I will conclude this section of the present chapter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x9)

### note

Countable. A «sector» is a slice of a circle; a «section» is any part. Equal sections: whole = sections × size, size = whole ÷ sections. Trap: a fence of 8 sections has 9 posts.

### In the corpora

- [The rhythm section is the bass and drums together, which hold the beat; the bass plays the low notes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/6/)
- [Millipedes have two pairs of legs on most body sections and centipedes have one pair, which is how you tell them apart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/365-tiny-champions-the-strongest-beetle-the-highest-jumping-flea-and-the-leggiest-millipede/11/)
- [So they piled cushions on the floor and called it the VIP section, and suddenly everyone wanted it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/15/)
- [How you name a place, like calling the floor the VIP section, can change how it feels to sit there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/29/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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