Link Centre Dictionary

division

di·vi·sion

UK/dɪˈvɪʒn̩/ US/dɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n/ common uk

noun

1.

an army unit large enough to sustain combat

  • “two infantry divisions were held in reserve”
2.

one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

  • “the written part of the exam”
  • “the finance section of the company”
  • “the BBC”
Synonyms
3.

the act or process of dividing

4.
5.

an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

6.

discord that splits a group

Synonyms
7.

a league ranked by quality

  • “he played baseball in class D for two years”
  • “Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA”
Synonyms
8.

(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

9.
10.

a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

Synonyms
11.

a group of ships of similar type

Synonyms
12.

Origin

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.

Phrases

  • asexual division
  • Burdwan division
  • cell division
  • division algebra
  • division bell
  • division level
  • division of labor
  • division of labour

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

Parts

Part of

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.