section

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɛkʃən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsɛkʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sek′shən)

Collocations for "section"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "section" in context.

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section

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. the [first, initial, second, third, last, final] section
  2. read the [sports, news, finance, politics, lifestyle] section
  3. [edit, write, compile, read] the [sports] section
  4. can you [give, hand] me the [sports] section
  5. the [brass, string, wind] section (of the orchestra)
  6. the [pretty, nicer, poorer] section of the city
  7. a [cross, split, mirrored] section
  8. in section [three, eight, 12] (of)
  9. the [current, highlighted, present] section
  10. a section of the pipe [broke, came loose, fell off]
  11. [unscrew, fit, screw] the section
  12. a section of the [room, building, house, land]
  13. a section of the [page, report, document]
  14. the section on [rules, help, advice]
  15. the section on [what to do, how to print]
  16. the [details, information, figures] under section [three]
  17. the information [in, under] section [three]
  18. [contained, outlined, explained] in section [three]
  19. [had, gave birth by, performed] a cesarean section
  20. [had] a c-section
  21. an emergency [cesarean, c-] section
v
  1. section off the [area, room, crime scene]
  2. section the [sample, tissue]
  3. sectioned off for [roadworks, investigators]
  4. sectioned into [parts, pieces]
  5. sectioned to [show, determine, provide, reveal, produce]
  6. section and [stain, mount, examine, process, analyze]
  7. [cross-, longitudinally] sectioned
  8. sectioned from the whole
  9. section [an orange, a grapefruit]
  10. UK: they sectioned [him, the addict, a patient]
  11. UK: she was sectioned (under the Mental Health Act)
'section' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accordance - adult - amendment - appeal - appropriate - assess - brass - bumpy - chart - clarify - cone - construe - contemplate - cross - daily - define - describe - detach - discuss - disregard - drama - drum - economy - eight - eligible - employee - end - enforceable - entertainment - establish - excerpt - exempt - extended - facing - fantasy - fashion - fence - fifteen - finance - five - flag - forty - four - fourteen - frozen - further - grammar - horn - illegal - issue

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