section

noun
sec·tion
sĕk′shən

A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

Other meanings

A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
A group of instruments in an orchestra.

Synonyms

subdivision

Antonyms

whole

Related words

silcrow
x-section
quarter-section
time section
cosection
cryosection
downsection
ecosection
hemisection
histosection
hypersection
infrasection

Example sentences

“They got rid of their comments section.”
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Word history

From Latin "sectiō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “section” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.