sector B2 Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈsɛk.təɹ/ See IPA manual Freq #5216 Meanings 1 noun a part of a country's economy or business activity Many jobs were created in the technology sector. 2 noun a distinct part of society or an area of activity The public sector employs millions of people. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a distinct part of society... sphere Word family Forms sectors Derived forms cylinder-head-sectordipsectorintersectormultisectorprivate-sectorpublic-sectorsectoralsectorectomysectoredsectoringsectorisesectorization Related forms sectsectionsegment Common collocations public sector Adjective + noun Etymology Borrowed from Latin sector. *sek- Proto-Indo-European sector Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sector **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɛk.təɹ/ **Frequency rank:** 5216 ## Meanings 1. a part of a country's economy or business activity 2. a distinct part of society or an area of activity ## Examples - Many jobs were created in the technology sector. - The public sector employs millions of people. ## Derived Forms - cylinder-head-sector - dipsector - intersector - multisector - private-sector - public-sector - sectoral - sectorectomy - sectored - sectoring - sectorise - sectorization ## Related Forms - sect - section - segment ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *sek- - Root: sector ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin sector. ## Topics - Places & Geography markdown