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The correct spelling is sections.
How to pronounce sections
noun
Say it like: Sec-sho-ns
The correct spelling is sections. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
- 2.A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
- 3.A part of a document.
- 4.An act or instance of cutting.
- 5.A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
verb
- 1.To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
- 2.To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
- 3.To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
- 4.Medical To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
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