It has been demonstrated in various studies that the private sector has little influence over policy making.
Source: tatoeba (21750)
Sector
/ˈsɛk.təɹ/
Synonyms for "sector" (66 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (14)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (19)
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (33)
Related word relations
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
10 entriesagriculture sectorcentral sectorcommercial sectorindustrial sectormajor sectormanufacturing sectorminor sectorpublic sectorresidential sectorservices sector
Collocations
5 entrieseconomic sectormanufacturing sectorprivate sectorpublic sectorservice sector
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 15 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- се́ктар noun (military operation area)
- сэ́ктар noun (military operation area)
Bulgarian
2 entries- се́ктор noun (military operation area)
- уча́стък noun (zone)
Catalan
1 entries- sector noun (zone)
Esperanto
1 entries- sektoro noun (zone)
Finnish
3 entries- lohko noun (military operation area)
- vastuualue noun (military operation area)
- vyöhyke noun (zone)
Greek
1 entries- τομέας noun (zone)
Italian
2 entries- settore noun (zone)
- settore noun (military operation area)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sektorius noun (zone)
Malay
1 entries- sektor noun (military operation area)
Portuguese
1 entries- setor noun (zone)
Russian
4 entries- зо́на noun (zone)
- о́бласть noun (zone)
- се́ктор noun (zone)
- се́ктор noun (military operation area)
Sicilian
2 entries- sitturi noun (zone)
- sitturi noun (military operation area)
Spanish
1 entries- sector noun (zone)
Swahili
1 entries- sekta noun (military operation area)
Ukrainian
2 entries- се́ктор noun (zone)
- се́ктор noun (military operation area)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
In the United States, 20 million new jobs have been created during the past two decades, most of them in the service sector.
Source: tatoeba (67638)
We expect rapid growth of the utilities sector.
Source: tatoeba (240406)
The widespread application of administrative guidance is considered to be a uniquely Japanese practice in which bureaucrats exert authority, without any legal backing, telling the private sector what to do and what not to do.
Source: tatoeba (241132)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.