See Also: division(dictionary)
DIVISION, Eng(law)
Division(medicine)
division(dictionary)
HCA Midwest Division(health)
BENEFIT OF DIVISION(law)
BERGEN DIVISION(finance)
Division of Labor(money)
second meiotic division(medicine)
reduction division(medicine)

division (oh)



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1 ?separating?
2 ?disagreement?
3 ?mathematics?
4 ?part of an organization?
5 ?military?
6 ?sport?
7 ?in parliament?
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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin divisio, from dividere; DIVIDE1]
?SEPARATING?
[U and C] the act of separating something into two or more different parts, or the way these parts are separated or shared
division of sth between/among/into sth
::the division of words into syllables
::the traditional division of labour (=the way that particular tasks are shared) between husband and wife
?DISAGREEMENT?
[U and C] disagreement among the members of a group that makes them form smaller opposing groups
division between/within/among sth
::Can he heal the deep divisions among Republican ranks?
racial/class/gender etc division
::The old class divisions had begun to break down.
::The Army was plagued by internal divisions .
?MATHEMATICS?
[U] the process of finding out how many times one number is contained in another
-see also multiplication multiplication, long division long division
?PART OF AN ORGANIZATION?
[C] a group that does a particular job within a large organization
::the Computer Services Division
?MILITARY?
[C] a large military group
::a tank division
?SPORT?
[C] one of the groups of teams that a sports competition is divided into, often based on the number of games they have won
the Premier/First/Second/Third/Fourth Division
::a second-division club
?IN PARLIAMENT?
[C] a process in which members of the British parliament vote for something by dividing into groups
::MPs forced a division on the bill.
::Some members supported the opposition in the division lobbies (=the rooms where the vote takes place) .