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Meaning of 'division' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Division [ n.]
- The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
- That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
- The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
- Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
- Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
- Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
- The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.
- The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
- Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.
- Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
- One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
- One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
- A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.
- The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
- A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.

Meaning of 'division' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . division [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a league ranked by quality
Example in sentence:
  • he played baseball in class D for two years;
  • Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA
Meaning (2):
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
Example in sentence:
  • the BBC's engineering division;
  • the finance section of the company;
  • the written part of the exam
Meaning (3):
- an army unit large enough to sustain combat
Example in sentence:
  • two infantry divisions were held in reserve

Nearby Words:

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