noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A division into sections.

   "Near-synonym: segmentation"

2. 2
   An instance of a person being sectioned. Australia, New-Zealand, UK

   "Nevertheless, some work reports that black women are overrepresented, comprising up to half of the sectionings […]"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of section form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

divisionsegmentation

Example

More examples

"He filed an appeal against his sister's sectioning."

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