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We have found lemma(root) word of sections : section.
Definitions
[ˈsɛkʃn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up
(e.g: I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder)
- a distinct group within a larger body of people or things
(e.g: the non-parliamentary section of the party)
- the cutting of a solid by or along a plane
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Origin
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late Middle English (as a noun): from French section or Latin sectio(n-), from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the early 19th century
[ˈsɛkʃn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- divide into sections
(e.g: she began to section the grapefruit)
- commit (someone) compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act
(e.g: should she be sectioned and forced back into hospital?)
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Origin
:
late Middle English (as a noun): from French section or Latin sectio(n-), from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the early 19th century
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