SECTIONALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sectionalize mean? 

• SECTIONALIZE (verb)
  The verb SECTIONALIZE has 1 sense:

1. divide into sections, especially into geographic sections

  Familiarity information: SECTIONALIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECTIONALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sectionalize    ... he / she / it sectionalizes   
Past simple: sectionalized   
Past participle: sectionalized   
-ing form: sectionalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide into sections, especially into geographic sections

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

sectionalise; sectionalize

Context example:

sectionalize a country

Hypernyms (to "sectionalize" is one way to...):

carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sectionalization (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)