chapter
Other forms: chapters
A chapter is a section of a book. Some long novels might be divided into twenty or thirty chapters.
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. When you mention the "mopey teenage chapter" of your life, you mean one small portion of the years you've lived. And the Montana chapter of a national fan club is made up of only members who live in one state.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled“he read a chapter every night before falling asleep”
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section, subdivision
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
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section, subdivision
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any distinct period in history or in a person's life
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a series of related events forming an episode“a chapter of disasters”
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episode
a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
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episode
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a local branch of some fraternity or association
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an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
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assembly
a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
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assembly
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Vocabulary lists containing chapter
In this sequel to Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, the new owner of Redwood Farm, twelve-year-old Sophia Mariposa Brown, awards certificates to her special flock, but she still must pass an official inspection.
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