Definition of sectioned in English:
sectioned
adjectiveˈsɛkʃ(ə)ndˈsɛkʃ(ə)nd
1Made or divided into a separate sections.
the sleeping area of a sectioned tent
a sectioned off part of the garden
Example sentencesExamples
- This sectioned tissue is usually viewed under an electron microscope to determine which cells within it are labelled.
- Curl each individual one-inch strand of sectioned hair.
- Under the island there's room for a rolling, sectioned hamper.
- Top with sliced strawberries, halved grapes, or sectioned oranges.
- The area is bathed in sunlight all day, but a sectioned retractable canopy allows all or part of the seating to be shaded should customers desire it.
- The car's sectioned panels can be removed single-handed to assist with oil checks, a feature unique for this class of car.
- I am reminded of the vast sectioned farmland of the Great Plains as seen from the window of an airplane.
- Mix books and objects in sectioned shelves.
- The piece is a rounded skull shape with tan, skin-like canvas stitched onto its sectioned metal armature.
- Pin the center back seam (or the remaining seam of the sectioned slipcover) and check the fit on the lampshade.
2British Having been committed compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act.
a sectioned patient has to gain permission before leaving
Example sentencesExamples
- A person can be sectioned and compulsorily taken to hospital if two doctors and an approved social worker agree that his or her health or safety is at risk.
- It is unlikely that anyone will care whether you start screaming and crying, unless they decide to have you sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
- He was sectioned for 28 days at the clinic in Essex.
- I appreciate that this may be my last email before I'm sectioned.
- Ambulance control say they will not take him against his will unless he has been sectioned, and they want the police present.
- A board member of one of the world's largest insurance firms has been sectioned after his two-year-old daughter was left fighting for her life with head injuries.
- I had read about and heard evidence of his increasingly strange behaviour as he lost his grip on reality in the months leading to his being sectioned.
- Their mental condition is so bad that they should be sectioned and sent to secure psychiatric beds.
- She has been sectioned twice, held in hospital for psychiatric care and prescribed antipsychotic medication.
- A businesswoman was sectioned by rivals intent on seizing her financial interests.
Definition of sectioned in US English:
sectioned
adjectiveˈsekSH(ə)ndˈsɛkʃ(ə)nd
1Made or divided into a separate sections.
the sleeping area of a sectioned tent
a sectioned off part of the garden
Example sentencesExamples
- Curl each individual one-inch strand of sectioned hair.
- The area is bathed in sunlight all day, but a sectioned retractable canopy allows all or part of the seating to be shaded should customers desire it.
- The car's sectioned panels can be removed single-handed to assist with oil checks, a feature unique for this class of car.
- The piece is a rounded skull shape with tan, skin-like canvas stitched onto its sectioned metal armature.
- Top with sliced strawberries, halved grapes, or sectioned oranges.
- This sectioned tissue is usually viewed under an electron microscope to determine which cells within it are labelled.
- Mix books and objects in sectioned shelves.
- I am reminded of the vast sectioned farmland of the Great Plains as seen from the window of an airplane.
- Under the island there's room for a rolling, sectioned hamper.
- Pin the center back seam (or the remaining seam of the sectioned slipcover) and check the fit on the lampshade.
2British Having been committed compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act.
a sectioned patient has to gain permission before leaving
Example sentencesExamples
- He was sectioned for 28 days at the clinic in Essex.
- I had read about and heard evidence of his increasingly strange behaviour as he lost his grip on reality in the months leading to his being sectioned.
- She has been sectioned twice, held in hospital for psychiatric care and prescribed antipsychotic medication.
- A person can be sectioned and compulsorily taken to hospital if two doctors and an approved social worker agree that his or her health or safety is at risk.
- It is unlikely that anyone will care whether you start screaming and crying, unless they decide to have you sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
- Ambulance control say they will not take him against his will unless he has been sectioned, and they want the police present.
- I appreciate that this may be my last email before I'm sectioned.
- A board member of one of the world's largest insurance firms has been sectioned after his two-year-old daughter was left fighting for her life with head injuries.
- Their mental condition is so bad that they should be sectioned and sent to secure psychiatric beds.
- A businesswoman was sectioned by rivals intent on seizing her financial interests.