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chaptering

verb
USCHAP-ter-ing/ˈt͡ʃæptəɹɪŋ/UKCHAP-tuh-ing/ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)ɪŋ/

1 meaning of chaptering

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of chapter.

    The author spent the weekend chaptering the sprawling manuscript into readable sections.

    Carefully chaptering a textbook lets students locate each topic quickly.

    Note

    One -ing form doing two jobs: a participle in progressive tenses (she is chaptering the draft) and a gerund naming the activity (chaptering takes patience). It carries every sense of the verb. Besides dividing a text into chapters, it can mean putting something into a chapter, removing someone through administrative procedure, or taking someone to task. In that last sense it needs a direct object: chaptering a careless clerk.

chaptering is a form of chapter

chapter, verb: To divide a written work into chapters, or to arrange written material into chapters. Full entry

Forms
chapterchapters he/she/itchaptering -ing formchaptered past tense, past participle
Spelling
chapter → chaptering: add -ing

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