How to spell section

hear itsec·tion/'sɛkʃən/nounLong vowels

What it means: A distinct part of a larger whole.

In a sentence: In the library, there is a section just for comic books.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as secton or secshon.

Same family: sectioned, sectioning, subsection, intersection, segment. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Section” comes from the Latin verb *secare*, meaning “to cut.” It’s related to words like “dissect” and “segment,” all carrying the idea of cutting something into parts.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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