nounπShareThe act or process of dividing anything."The division of the large project into smaller tasks made it much easier to complete. "processmathpartorganizationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareEach of the separate parts of something resulting from division."The cake was cut into four equal divisions for the family. "partessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe process of dividing a number by another."The division of the cookies among the four children was straightforward. "mathnumberessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA calculation that involves this process."The division problem on the math worksheet required dividing 24 by 6. "mathnumberessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA formation, usually made up of two or three brigades."The army's division was deployed to the border region. "militarygrouporganizationunitessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate."The company's marketing division is responsible for advertising campaigns. "businessorganizationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA 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."biologyorganismscienceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument."There was a division among the students about which project to choose for the science fair. "politicssocietyattitudepointgovernmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA 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."politicsgovernmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA 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."The Baroque composer used a division to embellish the slow movement of the sonata. "musicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied."The pipe organ's division for the bass notes was beautifully tuned. "musicorganpartessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt."The bankruptcy court implemented a division of the debt, meaning each partner in the business was only responsible for their share of the company's outstanding loans. "financelawbusinesseconomyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAny of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code"The programmer carefully reviewed the division containing the input procedures for the payroll system. "computingpartstructuretechnicallanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(Eton College) A lesson; a class."The history division was particularly challenging this term. "educationlanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
