Groups and collections

Synonyms for section

Two senses of section live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsGroups and collections

a specialized division of a large organization

She got a job in the historical section of the Treasury.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

department

Same sentence, swapped: She got a job in the historical department of the Treasury.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for section as it is used in the sentence above.

incision
block
heading

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

The finance section of the company.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

part

Same sentence, swapped: The finance part of the company.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for section as it is used in the sentence above.

incision
possibility
theory

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Closest first: other groups and collections words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

ballnounbaseballa ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine playersFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line classnoundivisiona league ranked by qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line clubnounninea team of professional baseball players who play and travel togetherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line countrynounlandthe people who live in a nation or countryFoothillsHas a reason line societynouncompanythe state of being with someoneFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line staffnounfacultythe body of teachers and administrators at a schoolTreelineHas a reason line statenoun, verbcountrya politically organized body of people under a single governmentFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line cookverbfaketamper, with the purpose of deceptionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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