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UK
/dɪvˈɪʒən/
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[ US /dɪˈvɪʒən/ ]
[ US /dɪˈvɪʒən/ ]
NOUN
- (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
- the act or process of dividing
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a league ranked by quality
he played baseball in class D for two years
Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA -
an army unit large enough to sustain combat
two infantry divisions were held in reserve - an administrative unit in government or business
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one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
the BBC's engineering division
the written part of the exam
the finance section of the company - a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
- an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
- (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
- a group of ships of similar type
- discord that splits a group
- the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
How To Use division In A Sentence
- It would have been a luxury to unfrock some of them, but it has seemed to me the duty of every sincere Republican to endure a great deal rather than say anything to introduce division or controversy into party ranks .... A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
- Sjogren's syndrome "targets and destroys over time the exocrine glands responsible for tear production and saliva -- and is characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes," said Dr. Michael Belmont, an associate professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology at NYU Langone Medical Center and medical director for Hospital for Joint Diseases. Why Sjogren's syndrome caused Williams to quit U.S. open
- The genes for cell division did not evolve to separate different kinds of fish.
- The report criticized a former commissioner and two device division leaders for their role in approving Menaflex. FDA to Revoke Knee-Device Approval, Saying It Erred
- This led rebel leaders to agree to combine their forces in one division under a unified command structure.
- The current division of labor between workers and management will alter.
- General Pershing inspected and reviewed the 42nd Division on March 16.
- The second is the gender division of work, she says, looking at the larger issue of why first generation schoolgoers in particular require an extraordinary amount of care and attention.
- Starting this month, rival United Parcel Service Inc.'s freight division is raising average noncontractual shipping rates in North America by 6.9%, as the industry copes with rapidly rising fuel costs. FedEx to Raise U.S., Canada Freight Rates 6.8%
- *** Pharmaceuticals Sigma Pharmaceuticals said that it is likely to breach loan conditions with bankers after taking a charge of as much as 270 million Australian dollars ($253.4 million) from the A$900 million fire sale of its pharmaceutical division to South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare. Business Watch