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subsections

subsections is the plural of subsection.

subsections is the third-person singular simple present indicative of subsection.

Meaning of subsection

Noun

subsection (plural subsections)

  1. A defined part of a section.
    • To them, just being a webhead or computer geek is not enough. The culture has its own subsections […]2005, Leanne Newson, Jules Aldous, The Legal Maze: VCE Units 1 and 2, page 445
  2. A subpart of a legal document such as law.
    • A provision of law may not be construed as requiring a new grant to be awarded to a specified non-Federal Government entity unless that provision of law (1) specifically refers to this subsection; specifically identifies the particular non-Federal Government entity involved; and (3) specifically...1994, Congress of the United States, United States Statutes at Large, volume 108, part 4
  3. An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
  4. A taxonomic rank below section and above species.

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Questions about subsections

What is subsections the plural of?
Subsections is the plural of subsection.

Words near subsections in the dictionary

  1. subsect
  2. subsection
  3. subsectional
  4. subsectioned
  5. subsectioning
  6. subsections
  7. subsective
  8. subsectivity
  9. subsector
  10. subsectoral
  11. subsectors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subsections (page history and authors); subsection (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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