SECTION


Meaning of SECTION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ opening

▪ concluding , final , middle

▪ following , next , subsequent

▪ preceding , previous

▪ large , small

Large ~s of the forest have been destroyed by acid rain.

▪ long , short

a long ~ of roadway

▪ main

▪ separate , special

▪ business , entertainment , finance , news , travel , etc. (of a newspaper, website, etc.)

▪ biology , fiction , history , reference , etc. (in a library, bookshop/bookstore, etc.)

▪ brass , percussion , rhythm , string , wind , woodwind (in an orchestra)

▪ cello , horn , etc. (in an orchestra)

▪ tail (of a plane)

VERB + SECTION

▪ dedicate , devote

A whole ~ is devoted to mental illness.

▪ add , remove

The new edition of the dictionary adds a ~ on phrasal verbs.

▪ skip

I skipped the ~ on garden design.

▪ divide sth into

The book is divided into chapters, ~s and subsections.

SECTION + NOUN

▪ leader , manager ( esp. BrE ) (in a company, an organization, etc.)

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

You'll find the book in the music ~.

▪ in ~s

The table comes in ~s.

▪ under ~ (relating to a section of a law, etc.)

The case was the first prosecution under Section 3A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

PHRASES

▪ a ~ of society

an area populated largely by the poorer ~s of society

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .