Division

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: di=vi=sion

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Division, n.
1 the act or an instance of dividing; the process of being divided.
2 Math. the process of dividing one number by another (see also long division (see LONG(1)), short division).
3 disagreement or discord (division of opinion).
4 Parl. the separation of members of a legislative body into two sets for counting votes for and against.
5 one of two or more parts into which a thing is divided.
6 a major unit of administration or organization, esp.: a a group of army brigades or regiments. b Sport a grouping of teams within a league, usu. by ability.
7 a a district defined for administrative purposes. b Brit. a part of a county or borough returning a Member of Parliament.
8 a Bot. a major taxonomic grouping. b Zool. a subsidiary category between major levels of classification.
9 Logic a classification of kinds, parts, or senses.

Idiom

division of labour the improvement of efficiency by giving different parts of a manufacturing process etc. to different people. division sign the sign (*!) indicating that one quantity is to be divided by another.

Derivative

divisional adj. divisionally adv. divisionary adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF divisiun f. L divisio -onis (as DIVIDE)

THESAURUS

Division

Australian ballot, Hare system, Jim Crow, KP, Naval Construction Battalion, RN, Royal Navy, Seabees, USN, United States Navy, aberration, abstraction, addition, adjunct, affiliate, affiliation, age group, agreement to disagree, airspace, alien, alienation, allotment, alteration, anacrusis, analysis, analyzation, anatomization, anatomizing, anatomy, apartheid, apportioning, apportionment, approximation, area, argosy, arm, armada, army, army group, arrangement, assay, assaying, atomization, aye, ballot, band, barrier, bass passage, battalion, battery, battle group, belt, bevy, bifidity, bifurcation, bipartition, bisection, blood, body, border, borderline, boundary line, bourdon, bracket, branch, branch office, branching, brattice, breach, breach of friendship, break, breakaway group, breakdown, breaking down, breaking up, breakup, bridge, brigade, budgeting, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bumper, bunch, burden, by two, cabal, cadence, cadre, camp, canvass, canvassing, cast, caste, casting vote, cataloging, categorization, category, caucus, census, centrifugence, change, chapter, chorus, church, clan, class, classification, cleavage, cleft, clique, cloison, cloture, coast guard, coda, codification, cohort, collision mat, color bar, column, combat command, combat team, committee consideration, communion, community, company, compartment, complement, component, composition, confines, conflict, constituents, content, contents, continental shelf, contingent, contradistinction, corps, corridor, coterie, counting heads, country, covey, crew, cross section, cross-purposes, crowd, cumulative voting, cushion, cut, cutting, cutting in two, cutting the pie, debate, decentralization, deciding vote, deliberation, demarcation, denomination, department, deployment, desynonymization, detachment, detail, development, deviation, diaphragm, dichotomy, difference, difference of opinion, differencing, differentiation, difficulty, dimidiation, disaccord, disaffection, disagreement, disarticulation, disassociation, disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuity, discord, discrimination, disengagement, disequalization, disfavor, disharmony, disjointing, disjunction, dislocation, disparity, disruption, dissection, dissension, dissent, dissepiment, dissidence, dissolution, dissonance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinguishment, district, disunion, disunity, divarication, divergence, divergency, diversification, dividedness, dividing, dividing line, dividing wall, divisions, divorce, divorcement, divvy, docimasy, dole, elements, enfranchisement, environs, equation, escadrille, estate, estrangement, ethnic group, ethnocentrism, evolution, exclusiveness, exposition, extrapolation, faction, fagot vote, falling-out, fanning, fanning out, fellowship, fender, field army, field train, figure, file, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, fleet, flotilla, flying column, folderol, foreigner, forking, fraction, franchise, frontier, gang, garrison, grade, grading, graveyard vote, gravimetric analysis, ground, group, grouping, groupment, guts, hairsplitting, halving, hand vote, harmonic close, head, heading, heartland, hinterland, in half, in-group, incoherence, index, indexing, individualization, individuation, ingredients, innards, insides, installment, insularity, insulation, integration, interest, interest group, interlude, intermezzo, interpolation, interseptum, introduction, introductory phrase, inventory, inversion, involution, isolation, item, items, junta, kin, kitchen police, know-nothingism, label, land, legion, level, line, list, list system, local, lodge, logrolling, luxation, maniple, margin, marine, mat, measure, member, merchant fleet, merchant marine, merchant navy, microscopic distinction, midriff, midsection, milieu, minority group, misunderstanding, mob, modification, moiety, mosquito fleet, movement, multiplication, musical phrase, musical sentence, narrowness, naval forces, naval militia, naval reserve, navy, nay, neighborhood, nice distinction, no, nontransferable vote, notation, nuance, odds, offshoot, offshore rights, open rupture, order, organ, organization, ornament, out-group, outcast, outfit, outsider, pack, pad, panel, parcel, parceling, paries, parochialism, part, particular, particularization, parting, partition, partitioning, parts, party, party wall, passage, peer group, percentage, period, persona non grata, personalization, persuasion, phalanx, phrase, piece, pigeonhole, pigeonholing, place, placement, platoon, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plumper, plural vote, polarization, political party, poll, polling, portion, portioning, position, posse, post, practice, precincts, predicament, preferential voting, premises, pressure group, property line, proportion, proportional representation, proximate analysis, proxy, purlieus, quadrant, quantitative analysis, quarantine, quarter, quota, race, race hatred, racial segregation, ramification, random sample, ranging, rank, ranking, rating, rationing, recall of ambassadors, record vote, reduction, reduction to elements, referendum, refrain, regiment, region, religious order, remainder, removal, repartition, representation, resolution, response, rift, right to vote, rising vote, ritornello, roll call, rubric, rupture, salient, salon, sample, sampling, say, schism, school, seclusion, second reading, secret ballot, sect, sectarism, section, sectioning, sector, segment, segmentation, segmenting, segregation, semimicroanalysis, separating, separation, separatism, sept, septulum, septum, set, severalization, severance, shade of difference, share, sharing, sharing out, shock pad, show of hands, side, silent majority, single vote, slicing, snap vote, snobbishness, society, soil, sorting, space, specialization, splaying, splinter, splinter group, split, split-up, splitting, spread, spreading, spreading out, squad, squadron, stable, stanza, statement, station, status, steamroller methods, strain, stranger, stratification, stratum, straw vote, strife, string, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, subspecies, subtle distinction, subtraction, suffrage, tabling, tabulation, tactical unit, tailpiece, talkathon, task force, task group, taxonomy, team, terrain, territory, third reading, three-mile limit, tightness, title, train, transferable vote, transformation, tribe, trichoschistism, troop, troupe, tutti, tutti passage, twelve-mile limit, typology, unit, upset, variance, variation, variety, verse, version, vicinage, vicinity, viva voce, vocal minority, voice, voice vote, vote, voting, voting right, wall, whole, wing, withdrawal, write-in, write-in vote, xenophobia, yea, yeas and nays, yes, zone, zoning

ROGET THESAURUS

Division

Disjunction

N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.

Arrangement

N arrangement, plan, preparation, disposal, disposition, collocation, allocation, distribution, sorting, assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization, grouping, tabulation, analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion, digest, synopsis, syntagma, table, atlas, file, database, register, organism, architecture, sieve, riddle, screen, sorter, arranged, embattled, in battle array, cut and dried, methodical, orderly, regular, systematic, In vast cumbrous array.

Class

N class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section, department, subdepartment, province, domain, kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset, assortment, feather, kidney, suit, range, gender, sex, kin, manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament, indication, particularization, selection, specification, similarity.

Numeration

N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.

Discord

N discord, disagreement, discord, disaccord, dissidence, dissonance, jar, clash, shock, jarring, jostling, screw loose, variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie, division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach, schism, feud, faction, quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie, squabble, altercation, barney, demel_e, snarl, spat, towrow, words, high words, wrangling, jangle, brabble, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap, family jars, polemics, litigation, strife, warfare, outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war, broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation, embroilment, embranglement, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work, scrimmage, rumpus, breeze, squall, riot, disturbance, commotion, bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point, bone of contention, bone to pick, apple of discord, casus belli, question at issue, vexed question, vexata quaestio, brand of discord, troublous times, cat-and-dog life, contentiousness, enmity, hate, Kilkenny cats, disputant, strange bedfellows, discordant, disagreeing, out of tune, ajar, on bad terms, dissentient, unreconciled, unpacified, contentious, quarrelsome, unpacific, gladiatorial, controversial, polemic, disputatious, factious, litigious, litigant, pettifogging, at odds, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at variance, at issue, at cross purposes, at sixes and sevens, at feud, at high words, up in arms, together by the ears, in hot water, embroiled, torn, disunited, quot homines tot sententiae, no love lost between them, non nostrum tantas componere lites, Mars gravior sub pace latet, discord, discordance, dissonance, cacophony, want of harmony, caterwauling, harshness, Babel, Dutch concert, cat's concert, marrowbones and cleavers, discordant, dissonant, absonant, out of tune, tuneless, unmusical, untunable, unmelodious, immelodious, unharmonious, inharmonious, singsong, cacophonous, harsh, jarring.

Combatant

N combatant, disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent, competitor, rival, corrival, fighter, assailant, champion, Paladin, mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock, warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner, veteran, swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput, armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible, auxiliary, bersagliere, brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale, minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater, guards, guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops, janissary, myrmidon, Mama, Mameluke, spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz, irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere, franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap, mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger, bushwhacker, free lance, companion, Hessian, hit man torpedo, soldier, levy, draught, Landwehr, Landsturm, conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer, subaltern, ensign, standard bearer, spearman, pikeman, spear bearer, halberdier, lancer, musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher, grenadier, fusileer, archer, bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy, cuirassier, Foot Guards, Horse Guards, gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross, sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles, chasseur, zouave, military train, coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad, piquet, picket, guard, rank, file, legion, phalanx, cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, man-of-war, destroyer, submarine, minesweeper, torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, PT boat, torpedo- catcher, war castle, H, M, S, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat, ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery, first- rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel, flagship, guard ship, cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport, catamaran, merchant marine.

Apportionment

N apportionment, allotment, consignment, assignment, appointment, appropriation, dispensation, distribution, division, deal, repartition, partition, administration, dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose, dole, meed, pittance, quantum, ration, ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance, suerte, apportioning, respective, respectively, each to each.