English noun: division |
| 1. | division (group) an army unit large enough to sustain combat |
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| Samples | Two infantry divisions were held in reserve.
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| Broader (hypernym) | army unit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Special Forces, U. S. Army Special Forces, United States Army Special Forces |
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| Member holonym | battle group |
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| Member meronym | army corps, corps |
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| 2. | division (cognition) one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole |
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| Samples | The written part of the exam.
The finance section of the company.
The BBC's engineering division.
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| Synonyms | part, section |
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| Broader (hypernym) | concept, conception, construct |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | beginning, bout, chukka, chukker, component, constituent, element, end, factor, final period, first period, frame, frame, game, half, high point, ingredient, inning, middle, over, period, quarter, round, second period, turn |
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| Part meronym | whole |
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| 3. | division (act) the act or process of dividing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | separation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | atomisation, atomization, bisection, branching, cleavage, cut, cut, cutting, cutting, dichotomisation, dichotomization, fork, forking, fractionation, fragmentation, hyphenation, parcellation, quantisation, quantization, quartering, ramification, schism, split, syllabication, syllabification, word division |
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| 4. | division (group) an administrative unit in government or business |
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| Broader (hypernym) | administrative body, administrative unit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | arm, branch, department, section, subdivision |
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| Member meronym | authorities, business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern, government, regime |
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| 5. | division (communication) discord that splits a group |
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| Synonyms | variance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | discord, dissension |
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| 6. | division (group) a league ranked by quality |
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| Samples | He played baseball in class D for two years.
Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA.
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| Synonyms | class |
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| Broader (hypernym) | conference, league |
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| 7. | division (group) (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category |
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| Broader (hypernym) | biological group |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Chlorophyta, Chrysophyta, Cyanophyta, Cynodontia, Dicynodontia, division Archaebacteria, division Chlorophyta, division Chrysophyta, division Cyanophyta, division Cynodontia, division Dicynodontia, division Eubacteria, division Euglenophyta, division Heterokontophyta, division Phaeophyta, division Rhodophyta, division Schizophyta, Euglenophyta, form division, Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyta, Pisces, Rhodophyta, Schizophyta |
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| Domain category | biological science, biology |
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| 8. | division (group) (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum |
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| Broader (hypernym) | phylum |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, Bryophyta, Cryptogamia, Deuteromycota, Deuteromycotina, division Bryophyta, division Eumycota, division Gymnomycota, division Lichenes, division Myxomycota, division Protista, division Pteridophyta, division Spermatophyta, division Tracheophyta, Eumycota, Fungi imperfecti, Gymnomycota, Lichenes, Lycophyta, Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, Myxomycota, Phanerogamae, Protista, Pteridophyta, Pteropsida, Spermatophyta, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina, subdivision Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycotina, subdivision Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycotina, subdivision Pteropsida, subdivision Zygomycota, subdivision Zygomycotina, Thallophyta, Tracheophyta, Zygomycota, Zygomycotina |
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| Domain category | botany, phytology |
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| 9. | division (group) a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings |
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| Synonyms | air division |
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| Broader (hypernym) | air unit |
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| Part holonym | wing |
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| 10. | division (group) a group of ships of similar type |
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| Synonyms | naval division |
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| Broader (hypernym) | naval unit |
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| 11. | division (act) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed |
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| Broader (hypernym) | arithmetic operation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | long division, short division |
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| 12. | division (act) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart |
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| Synonyms | partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | separation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | septation, subdivision, zoning |
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