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Is sector a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sector is a Scrabble US word. The word sector is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is sector a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sector is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1E1C3T1O1R1

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Yes. The word sector is a Words With Friends word. The word sector is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (7 found)

CORSET,COSTER,ESCORT,RECTOS,SCOTER,SCROTE,SECTOR,

5-letter words (21 found)

CEROS,CERTS,CORES,CORSE,COSET,COSTE,COTES,CREST,CROST,ESCOT,ESTOC,ESTRO,RECTO,RESTO,ROSET,ROTES,SCORE,STORE,TORCS,TORES,TORSE,

4-letter words (37 found)

CERO,CERT,CORE,CORS,COSE,COST,COTE,COTS,ECOS,EROS,ERST,ORCS,ORES,ORTS,RECS,REOS,REST,RETS,ROCS,ROES,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,SCOT,SECO,SECT,SORE,SORT,TECS,TOCS,TOES,TORC,TORE,TORS,TOSE,TRES,

3-letter words (29 found)

COR,COS,COT,ECO,ERS,EST,OES,ORC,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,REC,REO,RES,RET,ROC,ROE,ROT,SEC,SER,SET,SOC,SOT,TEC,TES,TOC,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

ER,ES,ET,OE,OR,OS,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 106 words from sector according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sector

sector

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sector.

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: sĕk'tər, IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.təɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

Noun

sector (plural sectors)

  1. A section. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. A zone; a designated area.
    1. (military) An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
    2. (military) One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
    3. (science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
  3. (geometry) Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
  4. (computer hardware) A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
    Coordinate term: block
  5. (calculation) An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
  6. A field of economic activity.
  7. (engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
  8. (motor racing) A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
  9. (climbing) An area of a crag, consisting of various routes

Derived terms

Related terms

  • sect
  • section
  • segment

Translations

See also

  • area of influence
  • boot block
  • zone of action

Anagrams

  • Coster, Ectors, Tresco, corset, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scoter, scrote

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sectōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [səkˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [sekˈtoɾ]

Noun

sector m (plural sectors)

  1. sector, section

Derived terms

  • sectorial

Further reading

  • “sector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sector.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.tɔr/
  • Hyphenation: sec‧tor
  • Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

Noun

sector m (plural sectoren or sectors, diminutive sectortje n)

  1. sector

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: sektor

Latin

Etymology 1

From secō (“cut, cut off”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

sector m (genitive sectōris, feminine sectrīx); third declension

  2. One who cuts or cuts off, cutter
  3. A purchaser or bidder at a sale of confiscated goods
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants
  • English: sector
  • Italian: settore
  • Russian: се́ктор (séktor)
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȅktor / се̏ктор
  • Spanish: sector

Etymology 2

From sequor (“follow”) +‎ -tō.

Verb

sector (present infinitive sectārī or sectārier, perfect active sectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  2. to follow continually, attend, accompany
  3. to follow after, pursue, chase
  4. to seek after/out
Conjugation

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

  • “sector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “sector”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sec‧tor

Noun

sector m (plural sectores) (European spelling)

  1. Alternative form of setor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French secteur, from Latin sector.

Noun

sector n (plural sectoare)

  1. sector

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sector.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seɡˈtoɾ/ [seɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: sec‧tor

Noun

sector m (plural sectores)

  1. section
  2. zone
  3. branch

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “sector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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