division

B2
Pronunciation
/dɪˈvɪʒən/
Noun
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act or process of dividing anything.

2 Definition

Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.

3 Definition

The process of dividing a number by another.

4 Definition

A calculation that involves this process.

Example Sentences
  • I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.
5 Definition

A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.

6 Definition

A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.

7 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
8 Definition

A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.

9 Definition

A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.

Example Sentences
  • 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.
10 Definition

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.

11 Definition

A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.

12 Definition

A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.

13 Definition

Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code

14 Definition

(Eton College) A lesson; a class.