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- Dictionarychapter/ˈtʃaptə/
noun
- 1. a main division of a book, typically with a number or title: "we will deal with this in chapter eleven" Similar
- 2. a distinctive period in history or in a person's life: "the people are about to begin a new chapter in their history" Similar
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CHAPTER definition: 1. any of the separate parts into which a book or other piece of text is divided, usually given a…. Learn more.
Chapter definition: a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.. See examples of CHAPTER used in a sentence.
1. a. : a main division of a book. b. : something resembling a chapter in being a significant specified unit. a new chapter in my life. 2. a. : a regular meeting of the canons of a cathedral or collegiate church or of the members of a religious house. b. : the body of canons of a cathedral or collegiate church. 3.
The noun chapter is good for talking about a subset or small section of some larger thing. Book chapters are one example, and so is a chapter in a person's life or a chapter of an organization or club.
A chapter is one of the parts that a book is divided into. Each chapter has a number, and sometimes a title. As we shall see in Chapter 9, there is a totally different explanation.
chapter. noun. /ˈtʃæptə (r)/ /ˈtʃæptər/ Idioms. (abbreviation ch., chap.) [countable] a separate section of a book, usually with a number or title. to read/write a chapter. He devotes an entire chapter to this topic. I've just finished Chapter 3. I read chapter after chapter of the book. in a chapter in the previous/next/first/last chapter.
Chapter definition: A distinct period or sequence of events, as in history or a person's life.
a branch, usually restricted to a given locality, of a society, organization, fraternity, etc.: the Connecticut chapter of the American Red Cross. an important portion or division of anything: The atomic bomb opened a new chapter in history.
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a division of a written work, esp a narrative, usually titled or numbered. 2. a sequence of events having a common attribute: a chapter of disasters. 3. chapter of accidents. a. a series of misfortunes. b. the unforeseeable course of events. 4. an episode or period in a life, history, etc. 5.
CHAPTER definition: 1. one of the parts that a book is divided into 2. a period of time when something happens in…. Learn more.
