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Meaning of chapter in English

chapter
noun [ C ]
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/ˈtʃæp.tər/ us
/ˈtʃæp.tɚ/

chapter noun [C] (BOOK)

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(written abbreviation chap.)
any of the separate parts into which a book or other piece of text is divided, usually given a number or title:
Read Chapter 10 before class tomorrow.
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chapter noun [C] (PERIOD)

a period that is part of a larger amount of time during which something happens:
The period before the revolution is an interesting chapter in British history.
That chapter of my life closed when I had a serious riding accident.
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chapter noun [C] (RELIGIOUS GROUP)

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a group of people that is in charge of a religious community:
He persuaded the cathedral chapter to let the college use the room for worship.
This title was given to an ecclesiastical official who was head of a chapter of canons in a cathedral.
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a local group that is part of a larger organization:
The local chapter of the League of Women Voters meets at the library.
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be a chapter of accidents
give /quote something/someone chapter and verse
(Definition of chapter from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

chapter | American Dictionary

chapter
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈtʃæp·tər/

chapter noun [C] (BOOK PART)

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any of the separate parts into which a book or other piece of text is divided, usually numbered or given a title

chapter noun [C] (PERIOD)

a period that is part of a larger amount of time during which something happens:
The Great Depression was a tragic chapter in the history of the nation.

chapter noun [C] (SOCIETY)

a local division of a larger organization:
The local chapter of the League of Women Voters meets at the library.
(Definition of chapter from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

chapter | Business English

chapter
noun [ C ]
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/ˈtʃæptər/ us
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a local group of members who belong to a larger organization:
the New York chapter of the Public Relations Society of America
one of the sections of a large text such as a book, business report, or legal document:
Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code
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Examples of chapter

chapter
It is commendable that the author draws on qualitative and quantitative measures throughout these chapters.
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The chapters illustrate a range of methods, although there is an overall emphasis in favour of qualitative approaches.
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The chapter on anxiety, communication and safety in performance again draws on all the psychological concepts previously discussed.
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This replaces an accumulated literature of patterns corresponding to words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and books that encapsulates meaning from human experience and life.
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The experiences and views of homeless people interviewed for the study are reported in chapter seven.
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The extensive chapter on abolition, for example, skims over modes of liberation, the roles of families and post-liberation livelihoods.
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The chapter on plant responses to herbicides reminds the reader that stresses can be anthropogenic.
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The importance of epistatic modifiers was also stressed in chapters six and seven that deal with speculation and mimicry, respectively.
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The final chapter gives an inspiring overview of the complex problems surrounding market and non-market economic organisation.
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The chapter on data processing addresses these issues with a detailed discussion of the issues surrounding spot quantitation and data normalization.
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The second part of the book contains only two chapters, each dealing with more technical aspects of the production process.
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Some chapters remain mired in highly technical language, while others fail to transcend the limited social, cultural contexts of their studies.
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This chapter includes a significant amount of technical information that may be beyond the nonspecialist audience.
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In every chapter the narrative is given colour by local case studies from urban and rural congregations, brief vignettes of church leaders and telling incidents.
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This chapter is particularly interesting for the detailed case studies that follow, which illustrate the changes that children's phonological systems undergo during treatment.
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Collocations with chapter

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alternating chapters
The effect of this stylistic device is that the alternating chapters enlighten each other.
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cathedral chapter
As in other volumes in this series, the introduction discusses the constitution of the cathedral chapter.
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chapter of history
I think it is the most pathetic, the most tragic, chapter of history which it is possible to conceive.
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Translations of chapter

in Chinese (Traditional)
書, 章，回，篇, 時期…
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书, 章，回，篇, 时期…
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capítulo, cabildo, sección…
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capítulo, capítulo [masculine]…
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एखादे पुस्तक किंवा मजकूराचा इतर तुकडा ज्या स्वतंत्र भागांमध्ये विभागलेला आहे, सामान्यत: एक संख्या किंवा शीर्षक दिले जाते…
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（本などの）章, 章（しょう）, 一時期（いちじき）…
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kitabın bölümleri, bir insanın veya tarihin bir dönemi, bölüm…
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chapitre [masculine], épisode [masculine], chapitre…
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capítol…
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hoofdstuk…
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எந்த ஒரு தனி பாகங்கள் எந்த ஒரு புத்தகம் அல்லது உரை மற்ற துண்டு பிரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது, பொதுவாக கொடுக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு எண் அல்லது தலைப்பு…
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(किसी पुस्तक या पाठ के अलग अलग खंड) अध्याय…
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પ્રકરણ…
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kapitel, afsnit…
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kapitel…
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bab…
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das Kapitel…
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kapittel [neuter], kapittel…
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باب…
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розділ…
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глава, страница истории…
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అధ్యాయం…
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فَصْل…
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অধ্যায়…
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kapitola…
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bab…
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บท (ของหนังสือหรืองานเขียน)…
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rozdział…
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capitolo…
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