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chaptering

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The arrangement of a work into chapters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, letter to W. E. Henley, quoted in 2017, The Complete Works Like enough, when it is finished I shall discard all chapterings; for the thing is written straight through. It must, unhappily, be rewritten — too well written not to be.

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verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of chapter

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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