- section
- nounADJECTIVE▪ opening▪ concluding, final, middle▪ following, next, subsequent▪ preceding, previous▪ large, small▪
Large sections of the forest have been destroyed by acid rain.
▪ long, short▪a long section 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 section is devoted to mental illness.
▪ add, remove▪The new edition of the dictionary adds a section on phrasal verbs.
▪ skip▪I skipped the section on garden design.
▪ divide sth into▪The book is divided into chapters, sections and subsections.
SECTION + NOUN▪ leader, manager (esp. BrE) (in a company, an organization, etc.)PREPOSITION▪ in a/the section▪You'll find the book in the music section.
▪ in sections▪The table comes in sections.
▪ under section (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 section of society▪an area populated largely by the poorer sections of society
Collocations dictionary. 2013.