Chapter Definition
chăptər
chapters
noun
Any of the main divisions of a book or other writing.
Webster's New World
One of the main divisions of a video recording, usually accessible through an onscreen menu.
American Heritage
A thing like a chapter; part; episode.
A chapter of one's life.
Webster's New World
A distinct period or sequence of events, as in history or a person's life.
Steamboat travel opened a new chapter in America's exploration of the West.
American Heritage
A formal meeting of canons headed by a dean, or of the members of a religious order.
Webster's New World
verb
To divide (a book, etc.) into chapters.
Webster's New World
(military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
Wiktionary
idiom
chapter and verse
- the exact Scriptural reference
- authority cited (for a statement, belief, etc.)
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Other Word Forms of Chapter
Noun
Singular:
chapter
Plural:
chaptersIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Chapter
Origin of Chapter
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Middle English chapiter, 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 chapiter and capital, which are doublets of chapter.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English chaptre variant of chapitre chapter, chapiter from Old French alteration of chapitle from Latin capitulum diminutive of caput head kaput- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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