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sectionings

sectionings is the plural of sectioning.

Meaning of sectioning

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

Questions about sectionings

What is sectionings the plural of?
Sectionings is the plural of sectioning.

Words near sectionings in the dictionary

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

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