sectioning

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noun

A division into sections.

“Near-synonym: segmentation”

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Meanings

nounsectioning (plural sectionings)

plural sectionings

  1. A division into sections.

    Near-synonym: segmentation

    Synonyms: segmentation

  2. AustraliaNew ZealandUKmental healthAn 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
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of section

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA division into sections.

Similar
segmentation
Also see
segmentation
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APA

sectioning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sectioning

MLA

“sectioning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sectioning. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sectioning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sectioning.

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