Tra từ section - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sec·tion AW [section sections sectioned sectioning] noun, verb BrE [ˈsekʃn] NAmE [ˈsekʃn]
noun

PART/PIECE
1. countable any of the parts into which sth is divided
• That section of the road is still closed.
• The library has a large biology section.
•the tail section of the plane
2. countable a separate part of a structure from which the whole can be put together
• The shed comes in sections that you assemble yourself.

OF DOCUMENT/BOOK
3. countable a separate part of a document, book, etc
• These issues will be discussed more fully in the next section.
•the sports section of the newspaper
• The report has a section on accidents at work.

GROUP OF PEOPLE
4. countable a separate group within a larger group of people
•an issue that will affect large sections of the population
•the brass section of an orchestra
see also ↑rhythm section

OF ORGANIZATION
5. countable a department in an organization, institution, etc.
Syn: ↑division
• He's the director of the finance section.
•the section of the company dealing with customer services

DISTRICT
6. countable (NAmE)a district of a town, city or county
•the Dorchester section of Boston
•one of the city's most affluent sections

MEASUREMENT
7. countable (NAmE)a measure of land, equal to one square mile

DIAGRAM
8. countable a drawing or diagram of sth as it would look if it were cut from top to bottom or from one side to the other
• The illustration shows a section through a leaf.
•The architect drew the house in section.
see also ↑cross section

MEDICAL
9. countable, uncountable (medical)the act of cutting or separating sth in an operation
•The surgeon performed a section (= made a cut) on the vein.
see also ↑Caesarean
10. countable (medical, biology)a very thin flat piece cut from body ↑tissue to be looked at under a ↑microscope
•to examine a section from the kidney

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from French section or Latin sectio(n-), from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.

Thesaurus:
section noun
1. C
•The shed comes in sections that you assemble yourself.
part • • piece • • component • • unit • • module •
2. C
•The book is divided into three sections.
part • • unit • • chapter • • paragraph • • clause • |law article •
in (a particular) section/part/unit/chapter/paragraph/clause/article
under (a particular) section/paragraph/clause/article
include/add/amend/contravene/be in breach of a section/paragraph/clause/article

Example Bank:
•He works in the embassy's political section.
•I skipped the section on garden design.
•Large sections of the forest have been destroyed by acid rain.
•The book is divided into chapters, sections and sub-sections.
•The case was the first prosecution under Section 3A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
•The new edition of the dictionary adds a section on phrasal verbs.
•The table comes in sections.
•You'll find the book in the music section.
•a long section of roadway
•an area populated largely by the poorer sections of society
•Can you pass me the sports section?
•He's the director of the finance section.
•Section 3 applies to clauses which restrict liability.
•The completed forms are passed to the personnel section for verification.
•Which section of the company are you working in?
Derived: ↑section something off

verb

MEDICAL/BIOLOGY
1. ~ sth (medical)to divide body ↑tissue by cutting
2. ~ sth (biology)to cut animal or plant ↑tissue into thin slices in order to look at it under a ↑microscope

MENTAL PATIENT
3. often passive ~ sb (BrE)to officially order a mentally ill person to go and receive treatment in a ↑psychiatric hospital, using a law that can force them to stay there until they are successfully treated
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from French section or Latin sectio(n-), from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.