It has been demonstrated in various studies that the private sector has little influence over policy making.
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Sector
//ˈsɛk.təɹ//
Synonyms for "sector" (54 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
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More general
14 entriesRelated terms
6 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
has context
6 entriesis a
6 entriespart of
5 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
81 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- قِطَاع noun (section)
- قِطَاع noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
Belarusian
4 entries- се́ктар noun (section)
- се́ктар noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
- се́ктар noun (military operation area)
- сэ́ктар noun (section)
Bulgarian
4 entries- се́ктор noun (section)
- се́ктор noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
- се́ктор noun (military operation area)
- се́ктор noun (a field of economic activity)
Catalan
3 entries- sector noun (section)
- sector noun (zone)
- sector noun (a field of economic activity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 扇區 /扇区 noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
Czech
2 entries- sektor noun (section)
- sektor noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
Dutch
1 entries- sector noun (a field of economic activity)
Esperanto
1 entries- sektoro noun (zone)
Finnish
4 entries- lohko noun (section)
- lohko noun (military operation area)
- sektori noun (section)
- sektori noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
French
2 entries- secteur noun (section)
- secteur noun (a field of economic activity)
Galician
1 entries- sector noun (a field of economic activity)
German
1 entries- Datenblock noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
Greek
2 entries- τομέας noun (zone)
- τομέας noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
Indonesian
1 entries- sektor noun (a field of economic activity)
Italian
4 entries- settore noun (section)
- settore noun (zone)
- settore noun (military operation area)
- settore noun (a field of economic activity)
Japanese
1 entries- セクタ noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
Korean
1 entries- 섹터 noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sektorius noun (zone)
Macedonian
1 entries- сектор noun (section)
Malay
3 entries- seksyen noun (section)
- sektor noun (military operation area)
- sektor noun (a field of economic activity)
Māori
1 entries- rāngai noun (a field of economic activity)
Occitan
1 entries- sector noun (a field of economic activity)
Polish
3 entries- sekcja noun (section)
- sektor noun (section)
- sektor noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
Portuguese
3 entries- setor noun (section)
- setor noun (zone)
- setor noun (a field of economic activity)
Russian
4 entries- зо́на noun (zone)
- о́бласть noun (zone)
- се́ктор noun (section)
- се́ктор noun (zone)
Sicilian
4 entries- sitturi noun (section)
- sitturi noun (zone)
- sitturi noun (military operation area)
- sitturi noun (a field of economic activity)
Spanish
4 entries- rubro noun (a field of economic activity)
- sector noun (section)
- sector noun (zone)
- sector noun (a field of economic activity)
Swahili
4 entries- sekta noun (section)
- sekta noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
- sekta noun (military operation area)
- sekta noun (a field of economic activity)
Swedish
1 entries- sektor noun (a field of economic activity)
Tajik
1 entries- хоҷагӣ noun (a field of economic activity)
Ukrainian
4 entries- се́ктор noun (section)
- се́ктор noun (zone)
- се́ктор noun (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
- се́ктор noun (military operation area)
Uzbek
1 entries- xoʻjalik noun (a field of economic activity)
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)
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