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Plural of section

regular plural

The plural of section is sections.

Forms of section

Singularsection /ˈsɛkʃən/
Pluralsections
Countablecountable

Sections in a sentence

  • Overlap spans and neutral sections have been provided at intervals along the line, which is thus sectioned electrically, not only at the feeder station and track sectioning cabins, but also by switches at certain overlap spans.1959 June, “Clacton and Walton Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 379
  • The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.From the entry redact
  • The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.From the entry linking
  • A stereotaxic atlas is a collection of sections of the brain with coordinates for stereotaxic surgery.From the entry stereotaxic
  • The polyhedron's surface can be decomposed into twelve independent, non-overlapping deltoidal sections.From the entry deltoidal

Meaning of section

  1. noun A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
  2. noun A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
  3. noun A group of instruments in an orchestra.

Full definition of section

Questions about the plural of section

What is the plural of section?
The plural of section is sections.
Is section countable?
Section is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: section (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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