Section

//ˈsɛkʃən//

Synonyms for "section" (346 found)

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Closest matches (70)

Strong matches (103)

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Noun(5 words)

cutting department discussion section incision jurisdiction

Verb(1 words)

decide

Related words (173)

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parcel parcel of land parcel out particular partition parts passage patch percentage period phalanx phrase phylum piece pigeonhole place plat platoon plot plot of ground portion position posse precinct precincts predicament premises province purlieus quad quadrangle quadrant quarter quota race radical operation random sample rank rating real estate reference mark refrain regiment region remainder removal rending resection reservation resolution response right inverse ripping ritornello rubric salient sample sampling scene scission sectio sector sentence separate sept serial series set severance share sheet signature slashing slice slicing soil space species sphere split split up splitting spot squad squadron square stage stall stanza statement station status strain stratum stretch strip subclass subdivide subdivision subfamily subgenus subgroup subkingdom suborder subspecies subtribe superclass superfamily superorder superspecies surgery surgical intervention surgical operation surgical technique tactical unit tailpiece task force tearing terrain territory text the knife three-mile limit title tract train transplant tribe troop tutti tutti passage twelve-mile limit unit variation variety verse vicinage vicinity waterline wing zone

Noun(10 words)

piece plane section right inverse sectio segment snippet split monomorphism square mile subdivision surgical incision

Verb(2 words)

schedule segment

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

32 entries

area army unit class concept conception construct country course cut cutting divide division expanse form grade music

Showing 16 of 32 words.

More specific

10 entries

block section comment section cross section dead section global section half section horn section neutral section quarter section string section

Antonyms

1 entries

whole

Synonyms

9 entries

cutting department discussion section division incision part sectio segment volume

Related terms

15 entries

bisect dissect insect intersect prosect resect secant sect sectarian sectary section grid section road sector segment trisect

coordinate

7 entries

640 section)acre (1 buttock line labor quarter-section retraction waterline

derived

65 entries

C-section T-section Z section abdominal section bisection brass section channel section configuration section conic section cosection critical section cryosection dissection downsection ecosection file section

Showing 16 of 65 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

saw

has context

14 entries

aviation botany british canadian category theory geology geometry military music nz sciences specifically surgery zoology

is a

12 entries

area army unit constituent modern military organization music musical organization part segment slice square mile team writing

part of

6 entries

band citrus orchestra platoon slide whole

related to

21 entries

area cesarean section commit cross section cut cutting family incision longitudinal non commissioned officer order platoon plot right inverse slice soldier

Showing 16 of 21 words.

similar

2 entries

segment waterline

Translations

283 translations across 46 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

περιοχή noun (part of a document)

Arabic

4 entries

جزء noun (cutting, part cut out)
جُزْء noun (cutting, part cut out)
جُزْء noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
قسم noun (cutting, part cut out)

Armenian

1 entries

հատված noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Bashkir

2 entries

бүлек noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
бүлек noun (part of a document)

Belarusian

4 entries

аддзяле́нне noun ((military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon)
зрэз noun (science: thin slice of material)
падзе́л noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
падзе́л noun (part of a document)

Bulgarian

4 entries

отделе́ние noun ((military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon)
ра́зрез noun (cutting, part cut out)
ра́зрез noun (surgery: incision or the act of making an incision)
разде́л noun (part of a document)

Catalan

3 entries

secció noun (cutting, part cut out)
secció noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
secció noun (part of a document)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

块 noun (cutting, part cut out)
段 noun (part of a document)
部分 noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Czech

3 entries

oddíl noun (part of a document)
paragraf noun (part of a document)
řez noun (cutting, part cut out)

Danish

2 entries

afsnit noun (cutting, part cut out)
afsnit noun (part of a document)

Dutch

4 entries

afdeling noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
paragraaf noun (part of a document)
passage noun (part of a document)
sectie noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Esperanto

1 entries

paragrafo noun (part of a document)

Finnish

4 entries

artikla noun (part of a document)
jakso noun (part of a document)
jaos noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
kappale noun (part of a document)

French

4 entries

article noun (part of a document)
section noun (cutting, part cut out)
section noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
section noun (part of a document)

German

4 entries

Absatz noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
Abschnitt noun (cutting, part cut out)
Abschnitt noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
Abschnitt noun (part of a document)

Hebrew

2 entries

סְעִיף noun (part of a document)
קטע noun (cutting, part cut out)

Hindi

4 entries

अंश noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
अनुभाग noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
अनुभाग noun (part of a document)
खंड noun (cutting, part cut out)

Hungarian

4 entries

bemetszés noun (surgery: incision or the act of making an incision)
cikk noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
cikkely noun (part of a document)
gerezd noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Ido

2 entries

seciono noun (cutting, part cut out)
segmento noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Indonesian

4 entries

seksi noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
seksi noun (surgery: incision or the act of making an incision)
seksi noun (science: thin slice of material)
seksi noun ((military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon)

Irish

1 entries

rannóg noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Italian

4 entries

articolo noun (part of a document)
sezione noun (cutting, part cut out)
sezione noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
sezione noun (part of a document)

Japanese

3 entries

セクション noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
部分 noun (cutting, part cut out)
部分 noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Khmer

1 entries

ភាគ noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Korean

3 entries

부분 noun (cutting, part cut out)
부분 noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
섹션 noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Latin

1 entries

sectiō noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Malay

2 entries

seksi noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
seksyen noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Malayalam

4 entries

കഷണം noun (cutting, part cut out)
ഭാഗം noun (cutting, part cut out)
വിഭാഗം noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
വിഭാഗം noun (part of a document)

Māori

3 entries

tekiona noun (part of a document)
topenga noun (cutting, part cut out)
tūtanga noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Norwegian

1 entries

tvangsinnlegge verb (commit to a mental hospital)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

seksjon noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

seksjon noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Persian

1 entries

بخش noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Polish

4 entries

działon noun ((military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon)
sekcja noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
sekcja noun (surgery: incision or the act of making an incision)
sekcja noun ((military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon)

Portuguese

4 entries

secção noun (cutting, part cut out)
secção noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
secção noun (part of a document)
seção noun (cutting, part cut out)

Romanian

4 entries

departament noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
despărțitură noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
incizie noun (surgery: incision or the act of making an incision)
parte noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Russian

4 entries

отделе́ние noun ((military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon)
отре́зок noun (cutting, part cut out)
разде́л noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
разде́л noun (part of a document)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cuibhreann noun (cutting, part cut out)
cuibhreann noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
cuid noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
earrann noun (cutting, part cut out)

Slovak

3 entries

oddiel noun (part of a document)
paragraf noun (part of a document)
rez noun (cutting, part cut out)

Spanish

4 entries

pelotón noun ((military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon)
sección noun (cutting, part cut out)
sección noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
sección noun (part of a document)

Swahili

2 entries

kifungu noun (cutting, part cut out)
kifungu noun (part of a document)

Tagalog

4 entries

pangkat noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
pangkat noun ((military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon)
tapyas noun (cutting, part cut out)
tapyas noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Thai

1 entries

ส่วน noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Tày

2 entries

boỏng noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
bộ noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Ukrainian

4 entries

відді́лення noun ((military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon)
зріз noun (science: thin slice of material)
по́діл noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
по́діл noun (part of a document)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bộ phận noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)
phần noun (part, piece or subdivision of anything)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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You don't have proper dignity as chief of the section.

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I asked for a seat in the no-smoking section.

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I asked for a seat in the non-smoking section.

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I would like to sit in the non-smoking section.

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