sector — meaning in English

English meaning

• beat verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
• sector noun A distinct part or division of something larger, especially an area of economic or social activity.
• slice noun A thin, flat piece cut off from something larger.

Senses

sector is used for these senses in English:

• beat (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially
• beat (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
• sector A field of economic activity.
• slice A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.

beat — full definition

1. verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
2. verb To mix ingredients rapidly, usually with a whisk or spoon.
3. noun A regular rhythmic pulse, especially in music.
4. noun A journalist's or police officer's regular area of responsibility or patrol.
5. adj Informal: completely exhausted.

sector — full definition

1. noun A distinct part or division of something larger, especially an area of economic or social activity.
2. noun A designated area or zone, especially a military or administrative district.
3. noun In geometry, a pie-slice-shaped part of a circle bounded by two radii and the arc between them.
4. noun A fixed-size block of data on a disk, traditionally 512 bytes, that forms part of a track.

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