chapter

Definition

One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.

Etymology

From Middle English chapitre, 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 capital, capitulum, and chapiter, which are doublets of chapter.

Example Sentences

• "Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter."
• "At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum."
• "The story that unfolds through 70 chapters featuring intense tactical battles is full of plot twists and turns."

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