chapter

[ˈtʃæptər]

Definition:
1. A separate section of a book, usually with a number or title.
2. A subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled.
3. Any distinct period in history or in a person's life.
4. A local branch of some fraternity or association.

Use 'chapter' in a sentence:

1. I think you can get through the first two chapters.
2. Our discussion in the previous chapter continues this line of thinking.
3. The chapter is mostly wordy rhetoric.
4. The chapter was headed 'My Early Life'.
5. Each chapter is referenced, citing literature up to 2004.
6. The chapter concludes with a brief examination of some of the factors causing family break-up.
7. You will find all the particulars in Chapter 9.
8. The main arguments were compressed into one chapter.
9. Each chapter is self-contained and can be studied in isolation.
10. I can't give chapter and verse, but that's the rough outline of our legal position.
11. The final chapter is no more than a scrappy addition.
12. Halfway through the chapter I realized I hadn't taken anything in.
13. See the preceding chapter.
14. The author draws the different strands of the plot together in the final chapter.
15. You might want to skip the exercises in this chapter.
16. The final chapter crystallizes all the main issues.
17. Laws are often not clear, as we saw in Chapter 1.
18. This chapter is a continuation of Chapter 8.
19. One chapter is headed, 'Beating the Test'.
20. You will be quizzed on chapter 6 tomorrow.
21. You can skip the next chapter if you have covered the topic in class.
22. Each chapter begins with a quotation.
23. These ideas will be examined in more detail in Chapter 10.
24. These ideas will be explored in more detail in chapter 7.
25. She relates her childhood experiences in the first chapters.
26. I've just finished Chapter 3.
27. One chapter is headed, "Beating the Test."
28. The question is treated in more detail in the next chapter.
29. The chapter headings are useful signposts to the content of the book.
30. I read as far as the third chapter.
31. One of the funniest episodes in the book occurs in Chapter 6.
32. This issue will be discussed in more detail in the next chapter.
33. This topic will be discussed at greater length in the next chapter.
34. I will discuss the role of diet in cancer prevention in Chapter 7.
35. This is discussed in more detail in a later chapter.
36. We saw in Chapter 16 how annual cash budgets are produced.
37. This chapter briefly surveys the current state of European politics.
38. This point is developed further at the end of this chapter.
39. This chapter concerns itself with the historical background.
40. This chapter explores the linkage between economic development and the environment.
41. This chapter contains the real meat of the writer's argument.
42. There is a list of references at the end of each chapter.
43. The results of the research are summarized at the end of the chapter.