| Noun | 1. | chapter - a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" | |
| 2. | chapter - any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"stage, phase - any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" | |
| 3. | chapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" gild, guild, lodge, club, society, order - a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" | |
| 4. | chapter - an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a churchassembly - a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose | |
| 5. | chapter - a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"episode - a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events | |