2 to officially force someone who has mental health problems to stay in a hospital and receive treatment because they might harm themselves or other people:
He was sectioned under section 4 of the Mental Health Act.
3 a part of something:
5 one of the parts of a book, newspaper, website, etc. that deals with a particular subject:
6 one of the parts that a document or law is divided into, each of which has its own number:
7 one of the parts of an organization:
Most news magazines have a section devoted to external affairs .
Every week in the books section of the paper they profile a different author.
This section of motorway will be under repair until January.
I found the article buried away in the business section of the newspaper.
This section is meant to be a mutual effort.
We carry out this construction in this section.
We conclude this section by the following remark.
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