: the action or an instance of cutting or separating by cutting. : a distinct part or portion of something written (such as a chapter, law, or newspaper) : the profile of something as it would appear if cut …

The root of section is the Latin word sect, which means "cut." Think dissect ("cut into pieces"), or bisect ("cut in two"). Insects are called insects because they're made up of sections — the head, the …

SECTION meaning: 1 : one of the parts that form something; 2 : a particular area that is part of a larger place

Small lanes were gradually added to demarcate different sections and also to connect them as an organic whole.

Definition of section noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If something is sectioned, it is divided into sections. It holds vegetables in place while they are being peeled or sectioned.

a distinct, separate part of anything, such as a community:[countable] one of the nicer sections of town. a distinct part of a newspaper, etc.:[countable] the sports section. [uncountable * before a number] …

1. To separate or divide into parts. 2. To cut or divide (tissue) surgically. 3. To shade or crosshatch (part of a drawing) to indicate sections. 4. Informal To perform a cesarean section on.

Section (bookbinding), a group of sheets, folded in the middle, bound into the binding together Section (typography), a subdivision, especially of a chapter, in books and documents Section sign (§), …

• Having come together, the images separate in sections six and seven, when the verb correr reappears twice. • The bookcase can be taken apart and stored in sections.