division

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.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪʒən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.

   Synonyms: split, lith, separate

   Antonyms: combination, fusion, merger, unification

2. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
4. (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.

   Antonym: multiplication

5. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.

   I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.

6. (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.

   Hyponyms: square division, triangular division

7. A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
8. (taxonomy)
   1. (botany, mycology) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.

      Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

   2. (zoology) An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank.
9. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
10. (government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.

    The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords.

11. (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
12. (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
13. (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
14. (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.

    Hyponyms: identification division, environment division, data division, procedure division

15. (UK, Eton College) A lesson; a class.

    Synonym: (informal) div

16. (Australia) A parliamentary constituency.

• (botany, mycology): divisio, phylum

• separation
• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
• denominator
• fraction
• numerator

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From Latin divisio

division c (singular definite divisionen, plural indefinite divisioner)

1. (sports) league
2. (arithmetic) division
3. (military) division
4. (business) department, section, branch

• “division” in Den Danske Ordbog

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin divisiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

• IPA^(key): /di.vi.zjɔ̃/

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division f (plural divisions)

1. division (act or process of dividing)
2. (arithmetic) division
3. (military) division
4. division (subsection)

• diviser

• → English: division
• → German: Division
• → Russian: дивизион (divizion)

• “division”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

division

1. alternative form of divisioun

Borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

division c

1. division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
2. (sports) division, league; an organization of sports teams that habitually play against each other for a championship; the level on which a certain team plays, as compared to others

• division in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• division in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• division in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)