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adverbIn a secret way; without others knowing.
Usage examples:
The two were secretly married in 1751
nounA cell, gland, or organ that secretes a substance.
Usage examples:
The adrenal glands secrete hormones that regulate metabolism
nounA cell, gland, or organ that secretes a substance.
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The adrenal glands secrete hormones that regulate metabolism
adjective(of a body part or disease) causing a liquid to be produced and released
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Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease of the secretory glands, including the glands that make muc…
nounSomething that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
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A state secret
adjectiveNot known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others.
Usage examples:
How did you guess i'd got a secret plan?
nounA second; a very short space of time.
Usage examples:
Stay put, i'll be back in a sec
abbreviationSecant.
adjective(of wine) dry.
Usage examples:
As it was, holder gave us jardin aux lilas, not in an edwardian garden, but perhaps in a penthouse …
nounA group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.
Usage examples:
Christians had gone astray and corrupted the god's scriptures by dividing into different sects and …
abbreviationSection.
adjectiveDenoting or concerning a sect or sects.
Usage examples:
The city's traditional sectarian divide
nounA member of a sect.
Usage examples:
A jewish sectarian who preached the redemption of the gentiles
verbDivide into sects; make sectarian.
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They chose to sectarianize society by sowing the seeds of intolerance
verbDivide into sects; make sectarian.
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They chose to sectarianize society by sowing the seeds of intolerance
verbDivide into sects; make sectarian.
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They chose to sectarianize society by sowing the seeds of intolerance
nounExcessive attachment to a particular sect or party, especially in religion.
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Religious sectarianism
verbDivide into sects; make sectarian.
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They chose to sectarianize society by sowing the seeds of intolerance
verbDivide into sects; make sectarian.
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They chose to sectarianize society by sowing the seeds of intolerance
verbDivide into sects; make sectarian.
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They chose to sectarianize society by sowing the seeds of intolerance
nounA member of a sect.
Usage examples:
A jewish sectarian who preached the redemption of the gentiles
adjectiveDenoting or concerning a sect or sects.
Usage examples:
The city's traditional sectarian divide
nounA member of a religious or political sect.
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It was, for them, unthinkable to have a national church with sectaries outside.
nounA member of a religious or political sect.
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It was, for them, unthinkable to have a national church with sectaries outside.
nounAny of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.
Usage examples:
I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder
verbDivide into sections.
Usage examples:
She began to section the grapefruit
phrasal verbTo separate one thing from another, or to divide into equal or similar parts
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Security agents sectioned off the area where she shopped.
adjectiveRelating to a section or subdivision of a larger whole.
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A sectional championship
nounA sofa made in sections that can be used separately as chairs.
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Meanwhile, cowering on the leather sectionals, bewildered parents plead to the camera for a nanny i…
verbDivide into sections.
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Sectionalized blocks of high-rise flats
verbDivide into sections.
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Sectionalized blocks of high-rise flats
verbDivide into sections.
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Sectionalized blocks of high-rise flats
nounRestriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
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The rise of democracy, capitalism, and sectionalism
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