DISCUSSION SECTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately

Example:

a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course

Synonyms:

discussion section; section

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("discussion section" is a kind of...):

class; course; form; grade (a body of students who are taught together)