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chapterlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From chapter + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (section of a book).
   • The central narrative, purportedly the literal translation into Spanish of an English-language manuscript consisting of five numbered chapterlike sequences... 2000, René de Costa, Humor in Borges:
2. Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (branch of an organisation).
   • These groups differed from previous organizations because they were composed of chapterlike committees in villages, towns, and refugee camps... 2005, Frances Susan Hasso, Resistance, repression, and gender politics in occupied Palestine and Jordan:

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