noun
Meaning 1
A defined part of a section.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
subsection
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 2
A subpart of a legal document such as law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 3
An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy, zoology
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noun
Meaning 4
A taxonomic rank below section and above species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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verb
Meaning 5
To insert subsections (into some text, etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 6
a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subdivision
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: section, segment
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English section English subsection From sub- + section.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: subartikel — a defined part of a section
- French: sous-section — a defined part of a section
- German: Unterabschnitt — a defined part of a section
- German: Unterabteilung — a defined part of a section
- German: Untersektion — a defined part of a section
- German: Teilstrecke — a defined part of a section
- German: Streckenteil — a defined part of a section
- Hindi: उपखंड (upkhaṇḍ) — a defined part of a section
- Indonesian: subbagian — a defined part of a section
- Irish: fo-alt — a defined part of a section
- Italian: sottosezione — a defined part of a section
- Italian: comma — a defined part of a section
- Manx: fo-olt — a defined part of a section
- Romanian: subsecțiune — a defined part of a section
- Russian: подсекция (podsekcija) — a defined part of a section
- Russian: подраздел (podrazdel) — a defined part of a section
- Swedish: underavdelning — a defined part of a section
- Turkish: alt bölüm — a defined part of a section
- Turkish: alt kesim — a defined part of a section
- Chinese Mandarin: 款 (kuǎn) — a subsection of a legal document such as law
- French: paragraphe — a subsection of a legal document such as law
- Hindi: उपखंड (upkhaṇḍ) — a subsection of a legal document such as law
- Irish: fo-alt — a subsection of a legal document such as law
- Italian: comma — a subsection of a legal document such as law
- Japanese: 項 (kō) — a subsection of a legal document such as law
- Manx: fo-olt — a subsection of a legal document such as law