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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.

division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
    Synonyms: split, lith
    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.

act or process of dividing anything

each of the parts resulting from division

arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another

arithmetic: calculation involving this process

large military unit

section of a large company

biology: taxonomic classification of plants

disagreement; a difference of viewpoint

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

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

division f (plural divisions)

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

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