sector

sector
noun
1 part of the business activity of a country
ADJECTIVE
▪ important, key
▪ growing, growth
▪ independent (BrE), private
▪ public, state
▪ non-profit (esp. AmE), voluntary (BrE)
▪ economic, industry, market
▪

The survey covers a wide range of industry sectors.

▪ agricultural, business, commercial, corporate, export, industrial, manufacturing, media, retail, service
▪ banking, financial, financial services (esp. BrE)
▪ energy, oil
▪ electronics, high-tech, tech, technology, telecom (esp. AmE), telecommunications, telecoms (BrE)
▪ education, schools (BrE), university (esp. BrE)
▪

the chronic underfunding of the education sector

▪ health, health-care
▪ tourism, tourist (esp. BrE)
▪ consumer, household (esp. AmE)
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the sector
▪

He went on to a successful career in the private sector.

▪

employment opportunities in the higher education sector

PHRASES
▪ a sector of the economy, a sector of the industry, a sector of the market
2 part of an area or of a large group of people
ADJECTIVE
▪ rural, urban
▪ northern, north-eastern, etc.
VERB + SECTOR
▪ divide sth into
▪

Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.

PHRASES
▪ a sector of the city
▪ a sector of society, a sector of the population

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