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adjectives
this chapter/the present chapter
• The present chapter deals with the years leading up to the war.
the next chapter
• This theme will be developed in the next chapter.
the following chapters
(= the ones after this one )
• The following chapters will explore this issue.
the previous/preceding chapter
• The method is described in the previous chapter.
earlier chapters
(= the ones before this one )
• All these have been mentioned briefly in earlier chapters.
later chapters
(= the ones after this one )
• These points will be explored in more detail in later chapters.
the introductory/opening chapter
(= the first chapter )
• There’s a short introductory chapter giving an outline of the subject matter.
the last/final chapter
• The final chapter summarizes the themes in the book.
verbs
be divided into chapters
• The book is divided into ten chapters.
read a chapter
• I haven’t even read the first chapter yet.
write a chapter
• He wrote the first chapter 20 years before the book was published.
see chapter 2/3 etc
(= used in books to direct a reader to a chapter )
• His scientific claims were never justified (see chapter 16).
be discussed/described in chapter 1/2/3 etc
• These points will be discussed in chapter 8.
a chapter deals with something
• Three further chapters deal with soil, water, and air.
a chapter explores something
• The second chapter explores the effects of these changes in more detail.
a chapter is devoted to something
(= it deals only with a particular subject )
• Five whole chapters are devoted to social reform.
phrases
the beginning/start of a chapter
• His character is introduced at the beginning of the first chapter.
the end of a chapter
• The answers are given at the end of the chapter.
the remainder of a chapter
formal (= the rest of a chapter )
• The remainder of this chapter is devoted to a discussion of privatization.
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noun part of a book ADJ. introductory, opening VERB + CHAPTER read I read the first few chapters and then got bored. PREP. in a/the ~ His influence on other writers will be discussed in the next chapter. | ~ about/on a chapter on the city's architecture particular period ADJ. difficult, sad, unhappy Her return to France ended a particularly unhappy chapter in her life.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary