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/ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
nounOne of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book., A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
Sentence Examples
Read chapter 4 for Friday.
Each chapter in the textbook is followed by about a dozen comprehension questions.
You can omit the last chapter of the book.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Please read the first ____ of the textbook before tomorrow's class.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I decided to read one more ____ of my book before I went to sleep.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum (“a chapter of a book, in Medieval Latin also a synod or council”), diminutive of caput (“a head”); see capital, capitulum, and chapiter, which are doublets of chapter.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
"The story that unfolds through 70 chapters featuring intense tactical battles is full of plot twists and turns."
— 2003 December 26, “Fire Emblem”, in Nintendo Power, volume 174, Strategy with a Story, page 33:
"CHAPTER - One of the principal divisions of a book, and, in reference to the Bible, one of the larger sections into which its books are divided. This division, as well as that consisting of verses, was introduced to facilitate reference, and not to indicate any natural or accurate division of the subjects treated in the books."
— 1842, Walter Farquahar Hook, A Church Dictionary, published 1896:
"At least thirty-two of the first forty-seven decretal chapters were received by English ecclesiastics,"
— 1963, Charles Duggan, Twelfth-century Decretal Collections and Their Importance in English History, page 127:
"il conclut: « No pope, no collection but the masters who served the one and commented on the other ultimately determined the content of this decretal chapter»."
— 1983, Revue théologique de Louvain - Volume 14, page 127:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please read the first ____ of the textbook before tomorrow's class.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I decided to read one more ____ of my book before I went to sleep.