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section

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of section

1 an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature

several abandoned warehouses in the city's industrial section are being converted into art galleries and artists' lofts

Synonyms of section

district, nabe, neighborhood, quarter

Words Related to section

department, division, part

area, backyard, locality, place, region

barrio, enclave, ghetto, hood (or 'hood)

2 one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled

had trouble fitting the sections of the bookcase together

Synonyms of section

member, part, partition, portion, segment

Words Related to section

component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, moiety, parcel

bit, fragment, particle, scrap

Near Antonyms of section

aggregate, composite, compound, sum, total, totality

Synonym Discussion of section

part, portion, piece, member, division, section, segment, fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required.

- they ran only part of the way

portion implies an assigned or allotted part.

- cut the pie into six portions

piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole.

- a puzzle with 500 pieces

member suggests one of the functional units composing a body.

- a structural member

division applies to a large or diversified part.

- the manufacturing division of the company

section applies to a relatively small or uniform part.

- the entertainment section of the newspaper

segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage.

- the retired segment of the population

fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off.

- only a fragment of the play still exists

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