sector
US: /ˈsɛktɝ/
UK: /sˈɛktɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
sector /'sektə/- danh từ
- (toán học) hình quạt
- (quân sự) quân khu
- khu vực
- the state sector of economy: khu vực kinh tế nhà nước
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a part of an area of activity, especially of a country's economy: the manufacturing sector + service-sector jobs (= in hotels, restaurants, etc.)
See also -
2 a part of a particular area, especially an area under military control: each sector of the search / war zone
3 (geometry) a part of a circle lying between two straight lines drawn from the centre to the edge
Collocation
1 part of the business activity of a country
ADJ.
important, key | growing, growth | independent, private | public, state | voluntary | formal | informal | agricultural, banking, business, commercial, corporate, economic, financial, further/higher education, health, industrial, industry, manufacturing, market, primary, retail, service
The survey covers a wide range of industry sectors.
| rural, urban
PREP.
in a/the ~
employment opportunities in the higher education sector
PHRASES
a sector of the economy/market
2 part of an area or of a large group of people
VERB + SECTOR
divide sth into
Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.
PHRASES
a sector of the population/society
Concise dictionary
sectors'sektə(r)noun
+a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
+a body of people who form part of society or economy
+a particular aspect of life or activity
+the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes
+a portion of a military position
+measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end
