subsection

A smaller part within one section of a text or other organized whole.

• Read the next subsection.
• Each chapter has several subsections.
• The final subsection contains a short summary.

How to use it: subsection of something (This subsection of the report explains the costs.)

Similar words: subdivision

Common phrases: subsection heading, a short subsection, subsection of something

A smaller, usually numbered part of a section in a law or legal document.

• Subsection 2 covers late payments.
• The court referred to two subsections of the act.
• This subsection was amended last year.

How to use it: under subsection + number (The payment is required under subsection 4.)

Common phrases: under subsection, subsection of something, amend a subsection

An unofficial group of living things ranked below a section and above a family.

• This system places the family within a subsection.
• The biologist compared two informal subsections.
• Each subsection contains several families in this classification.

Common phrases: taxonomic subsection, informal subsection

A group of living things ranked below a section and above a species.

• The botanist placed these species in one subsection.
• The genus contains several subsections.
• This subsection includes three closely related plants.

Common phrases: botanical subsection, subsection of something

To divide a text into smaller parts within its sections.

• Please subsection the chapter before publication.
• The editor subsectioned the report for easier reading.
• We need to subsection this long document.

Similar words: subdivide

Common phrases: subsection a chapter, subsection a report