Chapter

/ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/ · noun

Meaning

One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book..

Definitions by Sense

1. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
2. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
3. A section of a social body.
4. A meeting of a chapter of certain organized societies or orders.
5. A chapter house
6. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
7. (obsolete) A location or compartment.
8. (Roman Catholicism) A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.

Example Sentences

Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.

At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

The story that unfolds through 70 chapters featuring intense tactical battles is full of plot twists and turns.

1866, Wilkie Collins, Armadale, Book the Last, Chapter I, "You know that Mr. Armadale is alive," pursued the doctor, "and you know that he is coming back to England. Why do you continue to wear your widow's dress?" ¶ She answered him without an instant's hesitation, steadily going on with her work. ¶ "Because I am of a sanguine disposition, like you. I mean to trust to the chapter of accidents to the very last. Mr. Armadale may die yet, on his way home."

[…]she determined to go on slowly towards Castra Regis, and trust to the chapter of accidents to pick up the trail again.

A chapter of locomotive history was closed on Sunday, April 13, when the last Atlantic tender locomotive to remain in service on British Railways, No. 32424, Beachy Head, ended its working life of more than 46 years.

With the entry into service of the '777s', a new chapter opens in the long history of Merseyside's electric suburban railwsys.

In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom?

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• chapters
• chapiter
• chapitre
• chapiture
• chaptre
• chapyter
• chapytre
• chaptire
• chaptering
• chaptered

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