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1. division - noun

· an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"

Hypernym(s): army_unit




2. division - noun

· one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

Synonym(s): part, section

Hypernym(s): concept, conception, construct




3. division - noun

· the act or process of dividing

Hypernym(s): separation




4. division - noun

· an administrative unit in government or business

Hypernym(s): administrative_unit, administrative_body




5. division - noun

· discord that splits a group

Synonym(s): variance

Hypernym(s): discord, dissension




6. division - noun

· a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"

Synonym(s): class

Hypernym(s): league, conference




7. division - noun

· (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

Hypernym(s): biological_group




8. division - noun

· (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

Hypernym(s): phylum




9. division - noun

· a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

Synonym(s): air_division

Hypernym(s): air_unit




10. division - noun

· a group of ships of similar type

Synonym(s): naval_division

Hypernym(s): naval_unit




11. division - noun

· an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

Hypernym(s): arithmetic_operation




12. division - noun

· the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Synonym(s): partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation

Hypernym(s): separation





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