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sectioning

sectioning noun: a division into sections. Also the present participle and gerund of section.

Noun

sectioning (plural sectionings)

  1. A division into sections.
    • Near-synonym: segmentation
    Synonyms:
    segmentation
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, mental health) An instance of a person being sectioned.
    • Nevertheless, some work reports that black women are overrepresented, comprising up to half of the sectionings […]2005, Gill Aitken, Pam Alldred, Robin Allwood, Psychology, Discourse And Social Practice: From Regulation To Resistance

Also used as

sectioning is also the present participle and gerund of section.

Synonyms of sectioning

Forms of sectioning

pluralsectionings

Words formed from sectioning

Questions about sectioning

What does sectioning mean?
Sectioning means a division into sections.
What part of speech is sectioning?
Sectioning is a noun.
What is the plural of sectioning?
The plural of sectioning is sectionings.

Words near sectioning in the dictionary

  1. sectionary
  2. sectionectomies
  3. sectionectomy
  4. sectioned
  5. sectiones
  6. sectioning
  7. sectionings
  8. sectionisation
  9. sectionise
  10. sectionised
  11. sectionises

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