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| Main Entry: |
sector
 [sek-ter] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, subdivision |
| Synonyms: | category, district, division, part, precinct, quarter, region, stratum, zone |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | arena |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of activity |
| Synonyms: | battlefield, battleground, domain, field, province, realm, scene, sector, sphere, territory, theatre |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subdivision, annex |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, authority, block, branch, command, department, detachment, division, ell, extension, force, offshoot, power, projection, section, sector, wing |
| Antonyms: | body, division, main |
Example Sentences
- Health is one area in which the public sector consistently does a better job than the private sector at controlling costs.
- For-profit colleges have been the fastest-growing sector of higher education for years.
- Sector allotment is based on past catches and where they were.
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
| Synonyms: | commune, community, department, locale, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, stomping ground, territory, turf*, vicinage, vicinity, ward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced from separating |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, divider, dividing line, divvy, end, fraction, fragment, grouping, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, piece of action, portion, rake-off, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | system, whole |
| Main Entry: | faction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group sharing a belief or cause |
| Synonyms: | band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, combo, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, insiders, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outfit, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, sect, section, sector, set, side, splinter group, team, unit, wing |
| Antonyms: | entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone |
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece, portion of something |
| Synonyms: | allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, module, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | quarter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, neighborhood |
| Synonyms: | barrio, bearing, direction, district, division, domain, ghetto, inner city, locality, location, neck of the woods, old town, part, place, point, position, precinct, province, region, section, sector, side, skid row, slum, spot, station, stomping ground, territory, turf, zone, zoo |
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