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say it: CHAP-tur
chapter is a noun meaning "a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled". It is pronounced /ˈtʃæptɚ/ — CHAP-tur. It carries 5 recorded senses.
any distinct period in history or in a person's life
“the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history”
“the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship”
a local branch of some fraternity or association
“he joined the Atlanta chapter”
an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for chapter come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.