transcription, транскрипция: [ sektə(r) ]
( sectors)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A particular sector of a country’s economy is the part connected with that specified type of industry.
...the nation’s manufacturing sector.
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see also public sector , private sector
2.
A sector of a large group is a smaller group which is part of it.
Workers who went to the Gulf came from the poorest sectors of Pakistani society.
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3.
A sector is an area of a city or country which is controlled by a military force.
Officers were going to retake sectors of the city.
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4.
A sector is a part of a circle which is formed when you draw two straight lines from the centre of the circle to the edge. ( TECHNICAL )
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