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section

/ˈsɛkʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsɛkʃ(ə)n/
section
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

sec - tion -> section

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပုဒ်မ

Full entry

section /'sekʃn/ n

၁။ [C] အပိုင်း။ ကဏ္ဍ။ This section of the road is closed. ❍ The library has a large biology section.
၂။ [C] အကန့်။ အပိုင်း။ the three sections of a fishing-rod ❍ The shed comes in sections that you assemble yourself.
၃။ [C] အပိုင်း။ အကန့်။ the brass section of the orchestra ❍ Farm workers make up only a small section of the population. See also Rhythm section
၄။ [C] ဌာနစိတ်။ head of the finance section ❍ the section dealing with customer complaints.
၅။ [C] (စာအုပ်၊ စာတမ်း စသည်) အခန်း။ အပိုင်း။ ကဏ္ဍ။ ပိုဒ်။ (ဥပဒေ)ပုဒ်မ။ section 4, subsection 2 of the treaty ❍ the financial section of the newspaper ❍ The report has a section on accidents at work.
၆။ [C] ဖြတ်ပိုင်းပုံ။ This illustration shows a section through a leaf. See also cross-section
၇။ (medical ) (က) [C, U] ခွဲထုတ်ခြင်း။ ဖြတ်ထုတ်ခြင်း။ the section of a diseased organ. See also caesarean
(ခ) [C] ခွဲ စိတ်ပိုင်းဖြတ်ထားသောအစ။ examine a section of tissue under the microscope.
v
၁။ ပိုင်းသည်။ ကန့်သည်။ ခွဲသည်။ a library sectioned into subject areas ❍ Part of the town had been sectioned off.
၂။ (medical ) ဖြတ်သည်။ ခွဲစိတ်သည်။
❏ sectional /-ʃǝnl/ adj
၁။ ဂိုဏ်းဂဏဆိုင်ရာ။ support sectional interests ❍ sectional jealousies/rivalry.
၂။ အကန့်လိုက်ပိုင်းထားသော။ sectional buildings.
❏ sectionalism /-ʃǝnǝlÇzǝm/ n [U] (usu derog ) ဂိုဏ်းဂဏ စွဲ။ ဂိုဏ်းဂဏစိတ်။

More examples
  • [section of] : He condemned the campaign that is being mounted in some sections of the press.
  • The story was reported on the front page of the business section.
  • The court ruled under section 82 of the Land Registration Act.
  • That section of the motorway is closed for repairs.
  • Only two sections of the original walls remain.
  • The brass section
  • The frozen-foods section is in the rear of the shop.
  • [section of] : This section of town is mainly residential.
  • [section of] : A large section of the population lives in poverty.
  • Figure 2 shows a vertical section of the building.
Synonyms
part, piece, segment, slice, sector, division, subdivision, fragment, portion, bit, area, belt, bite, branch, category, chunk, classification, component, cross section, cut, department, district, divide, divide up, drag, end, field, fraction, hunk, installment, locality, lump, member, moiety, parcel, partition, passage, precinct, quarter, region, sample, share, slot, sphere, split, territory, tier, tract, unit, vicinity, zone
Antonyms
combine, entirety, total, whole
Cross references
partpiecesegmentslicesectordivisionsubdivisionfragmentportionbitareabeltbitebranchcategorychunkclassificationcomponentcross sectioncutdepartmentdistrictdividedivide updragendfieldfraction
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