noun Download 🔗Share The act or process of dividing anything. Examples : "The divisions of the pizza into eight slices made it easy for everyone to share. " process action part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division. Examples : "The cake was cut into four divisions, so each person could have a slice. " part number math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The process of dividing a number by another. Examples : "The student struggled with the long divisions on the math test. " math number process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A calculation that involves this process. Examples : "The math problem required several divisions to find the total cost per person. " math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades. Examples : "During the military parade, several divisions marched past the reviewing stand, each representing a large fighting force. " military group organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate. Examples : "The company's marketing divisions each focus on a different product line. " business organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta." organism biology science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument. Examples : ""The discussion about cleaning the house revealed deep divisions between the siblings." " politics society attitude organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote. Examples : "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." politics government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The harpsichordist skillfully embellished the simple melody with elaborate divisions, transforming each long note into a cascade of shorter, sparkling sounds. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied. Examples : "The organist carefully selected which divisions of the pipe organ to use for each verse of the hymn, creating a richer and more varied sound. " organ music part sound device technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt. Examples : "Because the siblings agreed to divisions of the inheritance debt, each was only responsible for paying their fair share, avoiding the burden of the full amount. " finance law business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code Examples : "In COBOL programming, a program's structure is defined by its divisions, such as the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, which describes the program's name and author. " computing structure technical part language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Eton College) A lesson; a class. Examples : ""He's late for his divisions again, so he'll get detention." " education language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading