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