The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - section n.

1) part, division, department, branch, sector, group, detachment, segment, portion, subdivision, component, element: Sadler has been assigned to work in the research section. I never read the the sports section in the Sunday papers. Which sections of the country will vote for you? The string section needs practice before tonight's concert. 2) sample, slice, cross-section, fraction: It can be faulty to assume that the characteristics of the whole are necessarily represented in a small section of it. I examined a section of tissue under the microscope. 3) part, stage, segment, portion, leg: The first section of the journey was more comfortable than the last. --v. 4) cut (up) , divide (up) , segment, split, cleave, measure out, apportion, allot, allocate: The land was sectioned into four-acre parcels.