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subsection

American  
[suhb-sek-shuhn, suhb-sek-] / sʌbˈsɛk ʃən, ˈsʌbˌsɛk- /

noun

  • subsections
    plural
  1. a part or division of a section.


verb (used with object)

  1. to divide or partition into subsections.

subsection British  
/ sʌbˈsɛkʃən, ˈsʌbˌsɛkʃən /

noun

  1. a section of a section; subdivision

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of subsection

First recorded in 1615–25; sub- + section

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"I'm not campaigning for death. I'm campaigning to be seen as not a subsection of human," she said.

From BBC May 15, 2026

In a 2019 corporate sustainability report from Carlyle, Rana was featured as a mentee of a senior Black executive under a subsection called “Leading By Example in ESG Practices.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

There’s a subsection of A-Listers in L.A. — true film nerds — who attend AMC showings frequently but also patronize local independent theaters.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2025

Instead, the guilty verdict appears farther down, in the sixth paragraph of the article’s lead section and in a separate subsection about the Stormy Daniels case.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2024

Following this, the third subsection explains the issue of prespecified verbal formulas.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Once relegated to small subsections of U.S. book and video rental stores, manga tales and anime are becoming key to retaining and attracting customers on streaming services.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 2, 2024

In individual chapters, subsections explain the many ways to approach an introductory topic such as multiplication.

From Scientific American Jun. 20, 2023

Schwartz herself accomplishes something similar across the short subsections of each chapter, slowly and elegantly assembling a sprawling boardinghouse out of the twigs and branches of sometimes little-studied lives.

From Washington Post Mar. 1, 2023

A more interesting statistic, though, is found in one of the subsections of the survey.

From Salon Feb. 2, 2023

Though practically belonging to the “unit,” the subsections work independently in charge of a certain gear.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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