chapterchap‧ter /ˈtʃæptə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 W1 AWL noun [countable] 
Read Chapter 11 as your homework. This chapter discusses power, and how people use it.► see thesaurus at part2a particular period or event in someone’s life or in historychapter of a new chapter of peace and cooperationchapter in the noblest chapter in our history3all the priests belonging to a cathedral, or a meeting of these priests4the local members of a large organization such as a club: the local chapter of the American Legion5give/quote somebody chapter and verse to give someone exact details about where to find some information6a chapter of accidents British English a series of unlucky events coming one after anotherCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesthis chapter/the present chapter· The present chapter deals with the years leading up to the war.the next chapter· This theme will be developed in the next chapter.the following chapters (=the ones after this one)· The following chapters will explore this issue.the previous/preceding chapter· The method is described in the previous chapter.earlier chapters (=the ones before this one)· All these have been mentioned briefly in earlier chapters.later chapters (=the ones after this one)· These points will be explored in more detail in later chapters.the introductory/opening chapter (=the first chapter)· There’s a short introductory chapter giving an outline of the subject matter.the last/final chapter· The final chapter summarizes the themes in the book.verbsbe divided into chapters· The book is divided into ten chapters.read a chapter· I haven’t even read the first chapter yet.write a chapter· He wrote the first chapter 20 years before the book was published.see chapter 2/3 etc (=used in books to direct a reader to a chapter)· His scientific claims were never justified (see chapter 16).be discussed/described in chapter 1/2/3 etc· These points will be discussed in chapter 8.a chapter deals with something· Three further chapters deal with soil, water, and air.a chapter explores something· The second chapter explores the effects of these changes in more detail.a chapter is devoted to something (=it deals only with a particular subject)· Five whole chapters are devoted to social reform.phrasesthe beginning/start of a chapter· His character is introduced at the beginning of the first chapter.the end of a chapter· The answers are given at the end of the chapter.the remainder of a chapter formal (=the rest of a chapter)· The remainder of this chapter is devoted to a discussion of privatization.
WORD ORIGINchapter
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French chapitre, from Late Latin capitulum, from Latin caput ‘head’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- 'Have you finished "Lord of the Rings" yet?' 'I'm on the last chapter.'
- For homework, read the first two chapters of the book.
- She was a volunteer with various chapters of the Junior League.
- The Christmas story is told in Chapter 2, verses 1-20 of Luke.
- These matters are dealt with in Chapters 8 & 9.
- A careful strategic analysis as described in chapter 4 will help to lessen the disadvantages of using leading indicators.
- A more detailed example will be given in the next chapter.
- In chapters 15 to 17 we apply to the individual profile components the principles set out in chapter 14.
- In chapters 6 and 7 I would like to propose a characterization of grammar and language use which shows their interdependence.
- In the next chapter we consider the subject and problems of commitment.
- In this chapter, we illustrated such pragmatic influences on processing by discussing context effects.
THESAURUS
something that together with other things forms a whole: · It looks like part of a car engine.· The best part of the movie was the end.· The hardest part is getting started.
especially British English informal a small part of something: · Some bits of the book are really funny.· I didn’t read the bottom bit.
one of several different parts that you join together to make something: · One of the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle was missing.· The furniture comes in several pieces.
a part of a machine or process: · The company supplies engine components for trucks.· Education is a major component in a child’s growth and development.
a part of something that is clearly different and separate from other parts: · The test is divided into two sections.· the reference section of the library· the string section of the orchestra
one of the numbered parts that a book is divided into: · The opening chapter of the book sets the scene.
one of the parts that a film or play is divided into: · Some scenes had to be cut because they were too violent.· act 1, scene 2 of the play
a part of a story on the television or the radio, which is told in separate parts: · I missed last week’s episode.
Longman Language Activatorpart of a story/book/film/play etc · Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', adapted for radio in six partspart of · I've finished the first part of my thesis.part about · Did you understand the part about switching the modem speed?Part One/Part 2 etc (=one of the main parts that a book, TV story etc is divided into) · Part One ends with the death of the hero's father.
British spoken a small part of a story or film: · My favourite bit is when they try to escape.bit of: · Some bits of the book are actually quite funny.
a part of a story on radio or television that is told in separate parts, usually weekly: · That was one of the best episodes - I wish I'd got it on tape.· Brad Pitt made a guest appearance on last week's episode.· Ernie directed all 12 of the half-hour episodes for television. episode of: · I've never even seen an episode of Star Trek.
British /installment American part of a story that is told in several parts printed regularly in a magazine or newspaper over a period of time: · Oliver Stone was in Thailand shooting the final instalment in his Vietnam trilogy, Heaven And Earth.weekly/monthly instalments: · Dickens wrote his novels in weekly instalments for a magazine.instalment of: · We are proud to present the second instalment of our fantastic six-part competition to win a Renault Clio.
one of the parts that a book is divided into: · These matters are dealt with in Chapters 8 & 9.· 'Have you finished "Lord of the Rings" yet?' 'I'm on the last chapter.'
one of the smaller parts of a play or film in which the same characters appear or the events happen in the same place: · The sex scenes between Depardieu and Brochet are sensitively filmed.· The ghost appears in Act 2, Scene 1.opening/closing scene (=the first or the last scene): · The opening scene of the movie features the gangsters discussing their next heist.
a part taken from something such as a book or a speech in order to show its most important points or to show what the whole of it is like: · In the following extract, Jones presents the arguments in favour of nuclear power.extract from: · The book contains previously unpublished material, including extracts from diaries, letters and taped interviews.
a short part taken from a film, book, speech, piece of music etc: excerpt from: · I'd like to read out a short excerpt from the poem.· The following excerpt is from one of my students' essays.· He played some excerpts from Grieg's piano concerto.
a short part of a film or other recording that is taken and used in another film or in a television programme: · The police have released a video clip of the attack. · The new software makes it possible to cut and paste sound or video clips from one application to another.clip from: · I saw a clip from the new Michael Douglas movie on TV last night.
WORD SETSabbess, nounabbey, nounabbot, nounabsolution, nounAdvent, nounalleluia, interjectionaltar boy, nounAnglican, nounAnglo-Catholic, nounapocalyptic, adjectiveapostle, nounapostolic, adjectivearchbishop, nounarchbishopric, nounarchdeacon, nounarchdiocese, nounArk of the Covenant, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAuthorized Version, banns, nounbaptism, nounBaptist, nounbaptize, verbbasilica, nounbeadle, nounbeatify, verbBenedictine, nounbenediction, nounbenefice, nounbiblical, adjectivebiretta, nounbishop, nounbishopric, nounblaspheme, verbblasphemy, nounbrother, nounbull, nounCalvinism, nounCalvinist, adjectivecanon, nouncanonical, adjectivecanonize, verbcanon law, nouncantor, nouncardinal, nouncardinal sin, nouncarol, nouncatechism, nouncathedral, nounCatholic, adjectivechantry, nounchapel, nounchaplain, nounchaplaincy, nounchapter, nounchapterhouse, nouncherub, nounChrist, nounchristen, verbChristendom, nounchristening, nounChristian, nounChristian, adjectivechurch, nounchurchgoer, nounchurchman, nounChurch of England, nounchurchwarden, nounchurchwoman, nounchurchyard, nounclergyman, nounclergywoman, nouncleric, nounclerical, adjectiveclerk, nouncloister, nouncollect, nouncommandment, nouncommunicant, nouncompline, nounconfess, verbconfession, nounconfessional, nounconfessor, nounconfirmation, nouncongregation, nounCongregationalism, nounconsecrate, verbcope, nouncreationist, nouncreche, nouncrib, nouncrosier, nouncrozier, nouncrucifix, nouncrucifixion, nouncrusade, nouncrusade, verbcrypt, nouncuracy, nouncurate, noundeacon, noundeaconess, noundean, noundeanery, noundiocese, noundisciple, noundisestablish, verbdispensation, noundog collar, nounDominican, nounEaster, nounecclesiastic, nounecclesiastical, adjectiveecumenical, adjectiveEden, nounelder, nounencyclical, nounEpiphany, nounepiscopal, adjectiveEpistle, nounevangelical, adjectiveevangelist, nounevangelize, verbevensong, nounexcommunicate, verbexegesis, nounfellowship, nounflagellant, nounflagellate, verbflock, nounfont, nounFr, friar, nounfrock, nounfundamentalist, noungargoyle, noungenuflect, verbgodfather, nounGod-fearing, adjectivegodless, adjectivegodly, adjectivegodmother, noungodparent, noungodson, nounGood Friday, noungrace, noungracious, adjectiveHail Mary, nounharvest festival, nounHigh Church, nounHigh Mass, nounHoly Communion, nounHoly Father, nounHoly Spirit, nounHoly Week, nounHoly Writ, nounhomily, nounhymn book, nounimprimatur, nounincarnation, nouninduct, verbindulgence, nouninquisitor, nouninterdenominational, adjectiveinterdict, nounJehovah, Jesuit, nounJesus, judgment day, nounlay, adjectivelay reader, nounlectern, nounlesson, nounlitany, nounLow Church, nounlychgate, nounMadonna, nounmanna, nounmanse, nounmatins, nounmeeting-house, nounmessianic, adjectiveMethodist, nounminister, nounministerial, adjectiveministry, nounminster, nounmiracle, nounmissal, nounmissionary, nounmitre, nounmoderator, nounMonsignor, nounMorning Prayer, nounmortal sin, nounMother of God, nounMother Superior, nounname day, nounNativity, nounNativity play, nounnave, nounNegro spiritual, nounNoah's ark, nounNonconformist, adjectivenuncio, nounoffertory, nounoratory, nounordination, nounoriginal sin, nounOur Father, nounOur Lady, Our Lord, padre, nounPalm Sunday, nounpapacy, nounpapal, adjectivepapist, nounparable, nounparish, nounparish church, nounparish clerk, nounparishioner, nounparochial, adjectiveparochial school, nounparson, nounparsonage, nounpassion play, nounpastor, nounpatriarch, nounpatron saint, nounpenance, nounpenitent, nounPentecost, nounPentecostal, adjectiveperdition, nounPlymouth Brethren, nounpontiff, nounpontifical, adjectivepontificate, nounPope, nounprayer book, nounpredestination, nounprelate, nounPresbyterian, nounpresbytery, nounpriest, nounPrimate, nounprior, nounprioress, nounpriory, nounPromised Land, the, Protestant, nounpsalm, nounpsalmist, nounpsalter, nounpulpit, nounQuaker, nounRC, rector, nounrectory, nounredeem, verbredemption, nounrequiem, nounRev, Revd, Reverend, nounReverend Mother, nounrevival, nounrevival meeting, nounRoman Catholic, adjectiverood screen, nounrosary, nounsacrament, nounsacristan, nounsacristy, nounsaint, nounsainted, adjectivesainthood, nounsaint's day, nounsalvation, nounsanctuary, nounSatan, nounsave, verbschism, nounscriptural, adjectivesecular, adjectivesee, nounseminary, nounseraph, nounsermon, nounsexton, nounShrove Tuesday, nounsister, nounsisterhood, nounSJ, special licence, nounsteeple, nounstigmata, nounstoup, nounSunday school, nounsurplice, nounsynod, nountabernacle, nountestify, verbtransubstantiation, nounTrappist, noununfrock, verbUnitarian, nounvenial, adjectivevespers, nounvestment, nounvestry, nounvicar, nounvicarage, nounvotive, adjectivevow, nounVulgate, the, nounWhitsun, nounwimple, nounXmas, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives the objectives described in the introductory chapter the diagram in the preceding chapterCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The present chapter deals with the years leading up to the war.
· This theme will be developed in the next chapter.
(=the ones after this one)· The following chapters will explore this issue.
· The method is described in the previous chapter.
(=the ones before this one)· All these have been mentioned briefly in earlier chapters.
(=the ones after this one)· These points will be explored in more detail in later chapters.
(=the first chapter)· There’s a short introductory chapter giving an outline of the subject matter.
· The final chapter summarizes the themes in the book.
verbs· The book is divided into ten chapters.
· I haven’t even read the first chapter yet.
· He wrote the first chapter 20 years before the book was published.
(=used in books to direct a reader to a chapter)· His scientific claims were never justified (see chapter 16).
· These points will be discussed in chapter 8.
· Three further chapters deal with soil, water, and air.
· The second chapter explores the effects of these changes in more detail.
(=it deals only with a particular subject)· Five whole chapters are devoted to social reform.
phrases· His character is introduced at the beginning of the first chapter.
· The answers are given at the end of the chapter.
formal (=the rest of a chapter)· The remainder of this chapter is devoted to a discussion of privatization.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· The first chapter of the book is about his childhood.
the objectives described in the introductory chapter the diagram in the preceding chapter· Kitcher deals with the motivation of creationists: evolution contradicts the early chapters of Genesis.· The tallest Western species is the coast redwood, which I described in an earlier chapter.· In earlier chapters, we saw that our emotional life is centrally important in the growth of our personal life and faith.· The problems of employee resistance to change were discussed in the earlier chapter on conflict, stress and change.· This problem has been formulated in earlier chapters.· Much of the relevant theory is developed in these early chapters, but not with sufficient care.· The early chapters give a basic knowledge of nucleic acid metabolism and chemistry, with an outline of elementary genetics.
· The final chapter - on whither the wedding cake - had this reviewer in helpless stitches.· He had spent the afternoon teaching Sun Tzu to his senior officers: the final chapter on the employment of secret agents.· The final chapter, Chapter 8, provides very useful guidance in further reading which can be invaluable to the motivated student.· This suggests an important point which will be taken up in detail in the final chapter but which should be mentioned here.· In the final chapter the narrator relates the actions of the new people as they flee from their encounter with the Neanderthalers.· Yes, it's true, you're holding the final chapter in a long-running saga that began way back in 1985.· But Sisson, in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter, interjects half way through a lengthy segment on his war.· The final chapter is no more than a scrappy addition with rather a lot of photographs of by now familiar faces from November 1989.
· The subject is covered in detail in the following chapter.· We describe some of these variations in the following chapters.· And this discussion will be taken further in the following chapters.· The following chapters explain in general the opportunities open to you in an average agency.· The issue is sufficiently important to justify separate treatment in the following chapter.· All these ratings are discussed in relevant parts of the following chapters.· In the following chapters we discuss possible ways of reducing the number of word strings.· The lessons which Donaldson has been trying to teach us are reflected throughout the following chapters.
· To discover why, we must turn to the introductory chapters of Genesis.· There is also a chapter on special sample introduction techniques together with an introductory chapter providing an overview of analytical atomic spectrometry.· The introductory chapters of my books contain much advice which, if heeded, would help to minimise the dangers.· After the very general introductory chapter 1, the second chapter gives a number of simple safety advices.· For the sake of simplicity, this introductory chapter will concentrate upon one conflict theory: Marxism.· This is an excellent introductory chapter which outlines the use of quality assurance methods.· The introductory chapter covers a wide range of topics, but disappointingly does not give a very good overview of the techniques.· After an introductory chapter the properties of amino acids are described.
· This is an issue to which I shall return later in this chapter, when I consider relationships between siblings specifically.· We will return to such considerations in later chapters.· In later chapters we shall give this aspect of the book closer attention.· We will discuss the psychological costs of the dejobbed work life in a later chapter.· We shall return later in this chapter to the doctrine of precedent.· In a later chapter, he will tend to represent those qualities which are too spiritual to be found in this world.· Let us hope that later chapters clear away some of the murkiness.· In a later chapter, I will examine this problem more fully.
· The present chapter provides concrete examples of such an evaluation.· In the present chapter we deal with communication patterns in our five countries.· For convenience, biographies will be included in the present chapter, while catalogues will be treated in the next.· Managing those is the subject of the present chapter.· In the present chapter we shall consider terms other than exemption clauses.· This novel environment and its structure is the subject of the present chapter.· We have seen in the present chapter that a number of forces bear upon both supply and demand.
· If the previous chapter of this Report is taken seriously, however, there is a challenge which faces us all.· In the previous chapter, we mentioned the news director.· Qualitative forecasting techniques are used to assist and augment the quantitative forecasting process described in the previous chapter.· Chapter 8 provides a summary of the findings from the previous chapters and draws conclusions.· The role of the clinical teacher has been discussed in the previous chapter.· These elements are part of what, in the previous chapter, were described as the context of a speech event.· The architecture of these tubes resembles the biomorph tree at the bottom of Figure 2 in the previous chapter.· The component is original in its use of the Chart-based architecture described in the previous chapter.
· The commission promises that its proposals under the social chapter will be squeaky-clean in their impact on jobs.· Mr Major bragged about his opt-out from the social chapter, saying that it would attract foreign investment from Britain's neighbours.· The social chapter was always going to be the item over which the opposition forces would coalesce.· The Prime Minister I most certainly agree with that view, which is why I declined to sign the social chapter.· The majority of people voted in favour of parties that advocate the inclusion of the social chapter, but the Government rejects it.· The guests were discussing the treaty's social chapter, low pay and a national minimum wage.· Even opting out of the social chapter to undercut the core on labour costs will not ultimately compensate for complete isolation.· Under Labour he would have got it: full commitment to the social chapter and to political and economic union.
VERB· How such enquiries might be conducted is a question which is considered in the next chapter.· These are some questions considered in this chapter.· It is convenient to consider separately in this chapter a number of other exact solutions that satisfy this same condition.· The possible impacts of these new information technologies are considered later in this chapter.· It is this topic which will be considered in the next chapter.· They are considered in chapters 2 to 7 and elsewhere.· Some of these clauses have been considered earlier in this chapter.
· Production of this kind is described in the next chapter.· In the next ten years, these leaders will shepherd their companies through the changes we have described in this chapter.· It is these roles and how they were established that 1 shall describe in this chapter.· The tallest Western species is the coast redwood, which I described in an earlier chapter.· As we will describe in the final chapter, we should plan from strength and not from weakness.· Imitation or nondairy milk was described earlier in this chapter.· It is extremely important, therefore, to follow the general principles on meal planning that we described earlier in the chapter.· Yet the experiences described in this chapter suggest that a more extensive collaboration with the schools is both possible and doable.
· His work, to be discussed in a later chapter, was very uneven.· The means of expression discussed in this chapter unfold from one another as the opening petals of a flower.· These are discussed in this chapter.· More detailed cost breakdowns are discussed later in this chapter.· Procedural rules which apply to specific applications or orders are discussed in the relevant chapters.· These issues will be discussed further in chapter 7.· The next layer of the tree integrates major areas like geomancy, which will be discussed in the next chapter.· The relationship between bonding and properties was discussed in chapter 2.
· This important intermediary role and its consequences are examined in later chapters.· The problems and pitfalls of identifying work-inhibited stu-dents are examined in this chapter.· Its effect was particularly damaging in relation to the recurrent tragedies of death in childhood, which are examined in the next chapter.· Each of these areas will be examined in this chapter.· Some of the above points will be examined in later chapters.· We shall be examining this in another chapter.· Galileo's conception of biblical authority will be examined later in the chapter.· These and other similarly familiar issues are examined in chapter 4 in the light of changing international circumstance.
· The null hypothesis that can then be tested by using the F distribution as explained in chapter 3.· These will be explained in the next chapter.· How to choose the right model complexity is explained in these chapters.· As was explained in the previous chapter, the architecture of upper-class housing itself became increasingly divisive.· This is a very good and clearly explained chapter.· They are explained in the previous chapter.
· Such an analysis is an important prerequisite to much of the discussion that follows in succeeding chapters.· The following chapters provide step-by-step instructions for practical applications.· In the following chapters I survey this unified bionic frontier.· This is covered in detail in the following chapters.· Then, check for each of the points listed in the following section of this chapter.· There are many, very good procedures for cleanup, extraction and determinations in the following chapters.· We propose to deal with this subject in the following chapter.
· The new edition includes a new chapter on smoking among pregnant women.· The manual, conceived with input from nearly everyone in the organization, also includes a chapter on a code of conduct.· A brief chapter on smart structures is also included.· For convenience, biographies will be included in the present chapter, while catalogues will be treated in the next.· In our first Report on the primary stages we included an early chapter which tried to summarise our views with simple eloquence.
· The initial attempts at the solution of this problem are mentioned in the next chapter.· This leads to the feature mentioned in chapter 7, topology-preserving maps.· Hartley Coleridge's comment has been mentioned in an earlier chapter, and it emphasises his industry.· As well as all the standard treatment mentioned in earlier chapters, you will doubtless hear about many other possibilities.· Are any post-operative observations or procedures carried out in your ward that have not been mentioned in this chapter?· The importance of preparation has already been mentioned in the previous chapter.
· Rights of audience before tribunals are much wider as noted in chapters 12 and 13.· As noted in chapter 4, its action program originally was based on pamphleteering and letter-writing to persuade anti-Semites of their error.· The concrete form in which the host may benefit is, as noted in the previous chapter, the creation of linkages.· According to the beholder, the color white can mean a variety of things as noted in the chapter.· A further example is the critique by Baudrillard of utility as privileged signified, which was noted in chapter 3.· Indeed, as we have noted in chapter 2, librarians are amongst its biggest users.· It has already been noted in chapter 1 how efficiency and equity principles are inextricably linked.· Examples are noted below and in chapter 5.
· McGrath and Solter's experiments outlined in chapter 6 illustrate some of the idea.· The formal elements of this type of government will be more fully outlined in the next chapter.· A: We outline every chapter.· This does not compare with the ease of reference to actual original documentation in the manual system outlined earlier in this chapter.· Many such children have some of the physical sensitivities we described for Hannah and outlined earlier in this chapter.· The economic and social problems of the second Labour government have already been outlined in the first chapter.
· But the world of chapter 26 is not only familiar to us from the preceding chapters of Genesis.· Could the kinds of experience we have described in the preceding chapters be systematically developed?· Some of those goals have been discussed in the preceding chapter.· The preceding chapters have outlined many of the likely areas of difficulty.· Such entitlement should be included in the plan I have proposed in the preceding chapters.· The orientations of the political culture identified in the preceding chapter remain.
· However, we hope that you will take time to read the chapters that precede the recipes, menus and diet charts.· I am also willing to read later chapters.· He folded back a page at random and read the chapter heading.· For John and me, it has worked best to read chapter books.· I found it helpful to read the chapters on power ultrasound, commercially available equipment and scale - up considerations together.· Having read the previous chapters of this book, you know better.· If that is the case, just don't read this chapter.· When I speak of reading aloud short chapter books, then, these are not the ones I have in mind.
· Nor was this resistance to diminish in the post-war period, as will be seen in the next chapter.· Aegeus then proclaimed to the country that Theseus was See next chapter. his son and heir.· The significance of this will be seen in the next chapter.· And I must say I was surprised to see your chapter on the Raven.· As will be seen throughout this chapter, there are wide local variations in selection procedures and in training.· As we will see in chapter 10, this version of the idea theory is also problematic.· Indeed, as we shall see in our concluding chapter.
· This may include some purposeful interviews along the lines of one of the approaches to be suggested in this chapter.· Try any one of the resources suggested in these chapters.
· This is one very powerful reason why I am writing this chapter.· This is a very well written chapter and covers material not normally found in other analytical chemistry texts.· We write the first two chapters together so we have an idea of the characters.· The older one was that of the Evangelicals and Dissenters, of whom more will be written in chapter three.· But now it is the Clinton administration that may be writing the last chapter.· Morton wrote the new chapter after friends of Diana got in touch with him.· Obviously written by experts these chapters make interesting and informative reading.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1one of the parts into which a book is divided: - She can give him chapter and verse on Finance Acts and other current legislation, and is rigorous in keeping up to date.
- Such a chapter of accidents, however ridiculous in modern eyes, epitomised a genuinely important aspect of international relations.
- The problem with Darwin's theory was that it reduced evolution to a chapter of accidents.
- And she had returned the following afternoon, carrying Timmy on her hip and the rest of her possessions in a backpack.
- Early the following month a radiant Lucy walked up the aisle on her father's arm.
- Expansion and application of some of those ideas will be pursued in the following chapters.
- I describe experiments making use of this criterion in the following chapter.
- In the following chapters, I emphasize what can be done, not what will be done.
- The receiving company went into liquidation the following month.
- We examine these recurrent themes in the managers' first-year biographies in the following pages.
- Chapter 8 provides a summary of the findings from the previous chapters and draws conclusions.
- If the previous chapter of this Report is taken seriously, however, there is a challenge which faces us all.
- In the previous chapter we hypothesized that potential entrants assume that the industry price will not be affected by their entry.
- Instead of travelling with the security truck carrying the money, Morgan had checked out the area round the bank the previous day.
- Perceptions of health status One aspect of health status omitted from the previous chapter on morbidity relates to perceived health status.
- The Coroner's inquest had been held in Southwold the previous day and he had attended with Evelyn.
- The detailed history in the previous chapters has given an account of Ian Paisley's personal combination of religion and politics.
- The temperature then was 41 after the game was postponed the previous day because of freezing rain and snow.
Read Chapter 11 as your homework. This chapter discusses power, and how people use it.► see thesaurus at part2a particular period or event in someone’s life or in historychapter of a new chapter of peace and cooperationchapter in the noblest chapter in our history3all the priests belonging to a cathedral, or a meeting of these priests4the local members of a large organization such as a club: the local chapter of the American Legion5give/quote somebody chapter and verse to give someone exact details about where to find some information6a chapter of accidents British English a series of unlucky events coming one after anotherCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesthis chapter/the present chapter· The present chapter deals with the years leading up to the war.the next chapter· This theme will be developed in the next chapter.the following chapters (=the ones after this one)· The following chapters will explore this issue.the previous/preceding chapter· The method is described in the previous chapter.earlier chapters (=the ones before this one)· All these have been mentioned briefly in earlier chapters.later chapters (=the ones after this one)· These points will be explored in more detail in later chapters.the introductory/opening chapter (=the first chapter)· There’s a short introductory chapter giving an outline of the subject matter.the last/final chapter· The final chapter summarizes the themes in the book.verbsbe divided into chapters· The book is divided into ten chapters.read a chapter· I haven’t even read the first chapter yet.write a chapter· He wrote the first chapter 20 years before the book was published.see chapter 2/3 etc (=used in books to direct a reader to a chapter)· His scientific claims were never justified (see chapter 16).be discussed/described in chapter 1/2/3 etc· These points will be discussed in chapter 8.a chapter deals with something· Three further chapters deal with soil, water, and air.a chapter explores something· The second chapter explores the effects of these changes in more detail.a chapter is devoted to something (=it deals only with a particular subject)· Five whole chapters are devoted to social reform.phrasesthe beginning/start of a chapter· His character is introduced at the beginning of the first chapter.the end of a chapter· The answers are given at the end of the chapter.the remainder of a chapter formal (=the rest of a chapter)· The remainder of this chapter is devoted to a discussion of privatization.