chapter

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Chapter

chapter is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæptə/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæptɚ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: chap‧ter

Noun

Singular chapter

Plural chapters

1. (countable) A chapter is a main division of a book.

   We read chapter five in the blue textbook.

2. (countable) A chapter is a local part of a larger organisation.

   The Toronto chapter of the Red Cross is collecting blood today.