SECTION


Meaning of SECTION in English

(PART) [noun] [C] - one of the parts that something is divided into or made up ofHave you finished reading the arts section of the paper?Jonathan plays in the wind section of the orchestra.They were killed on a notoriously dangerous section of the motorway.Does the restaurant have a non-smoking section?Only the tail section of the plane remained intact during the crash.An extra £1 billion is to be targeted at the poorest sections of the community over the next five years.He was charged under section 17 of the 1968 Firearms Act (= according to that part of the law) with possessing an imitation firearm at the time of committing a theft.The sections of a fruit such as an orange are the parts that it is naturally divided into.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.