Division

//dɪˈvɪʒn̩//

Synonyms for "division" (645 found)

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Closest matches (129)

class part split aberration abstraction addition adjunct affiliate affiliation age group agreement to disagree air space airspace alien alienation allotment alteration anacrusis analysis analyzation

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anatomization anatomizing anatomy apartheid apportioning apportionment approximation arabesque area argosy arm armada army army group arrangement article assay assaying atomization australian ballot 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 bureau by two cabal cadence cadenza cadre camp canvass canvassing cast caste casting vote cataloging categorization category caucus census centrifugence change chapter chorus church circle clan classification cleavage cleft clique cloison cloture coast guard coda codification cohort collision mat color bar coloratura column combat command combat team committee consideration communion community company compartment

Noun(2 words)

air division class

Strong matches (194)

complement component composition confines conflict constituent constituents content contents continental shelf contingent contradistinction corps corridor coterie counting heads country covey crew cross purposes

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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 distribution district disunion disunity divarication divergence divergency diversification dividedness dividing dividing line dividing wall divisions divorce divorcement divvy docimasy dole elements embellishment enfranchisement environs equation escadrille estate estrangement ethnic group ethnocentrism evolution exclusiveness exposition extrapolation faction fagot vote falderal falling out falling-out family fanning fanning out fellowship fender field field army field train figure file filibuster filibustering filing first reading fleet flight flotilla flourish flying column folderol foreigner forking fraction fracture franchise frontier gang gap garrison grace grade grading graveyard vote gravimetric analysis ground group grouping groupment guts hairsplitting halving hand vote hare system harmonic close head heading heartland hinterland in half in-group incidental incoherence index indexing individualization individuation ingredients ingroup innards insides installment insularity insulation integration interest interest group interlude intermezzo interpolation interseptum introduction introductory phrase inventory

Noun(5 words)

constituency div divisio electoral district electorate

Related words (322)

inversion involution isolation item items jim crow junta kin kitchen police know-nothingism kp label land league legion level line list list system local

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lodge logrolling luxation maniple margin marine mat measure member merchant fleet merchant marine merchant navy microscopic distinction midriff midsection milieu minority group mischief misunderstanding mob modification moiety mosquito fleet movement multiplication musical phrase musical sentence narrowness naval construction battalion naval forces naval militia naval reserve navy nay neighborhood nice distinction no nontransferable vote nonunion notation nuance odds office offshoot offshore rights open rupture order organ organization ornament out group out-group outcast outfit outsider pack pad panel parcel parceling paries parochialism 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 province proximate analysis proxy purlieus quadrant quantitative analysis quarantine quarter quota race race hatred racial segregation ramification random sample ranging rank ranking rating ration 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 rn roll call royal navy rubric run rupture salient salon sample sampling say schism school seabee seabees 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-up splitting spread spreading spreading out squad squadron stable stage 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 turn tutti tutti passage twelve-mile limit typology unit united states navy upset usn 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 write-in vote xenophobia yea yeas and nays yes zone zoning

Noun(13 words)

lith naval division part partition partitioning phylum section sectionalisation sectionalization segmentation separate split variance

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9 relation types

More general

16 entries

administrative body administrative unit air unit arithmetic operation army unit biological group concept conception conference construct discord dissension league naval unit phylum separation

Antonyms

12 entries

addition combination multiplication multiply putting putting together times together unification union unison unity

Synonyms

3 entries

class part split

Related terms

18 entries

+ =/addition denominator divide dividend divisibility divisible divisive divisor fraction numerator remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend separation × = × =÷

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derived

58 entries

Burdwan division Euclidean division Jalpaiguri division Malda division Medinipur division Presidency division antidivision asexual division cell division cross-division division algebra division bell division level division of labor division of labour division ring

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distinct from

6 entries

addition multiplication multiply multiplying subtract subtraction

has context

11 entries

arithmetic biology botany computing eton college government legal military music taxonomy uk

is a

13 entries

administrative unit air unit arithmetic operation army unit biological group discord naval unit operation phylum separating separation state tangible thing

related to

140 entries

act action addition after after multiplication animal apportioning arithmetic arithmetic function arithmetic operation arithmetical arithmetical process army army unit band baseball

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Translations

406 translations across 88 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

afdeling noun (large military unit)
afdeling noun (section of a large company)
deel noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
deel noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)

Albanian

2 entries

divizion noun (large military unit)
ndarje noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

διαίρεσις noun (act or process of dividing anything)
διαίρεσις noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
στάσις noun (act or process of dividing anything)
τάγμα noun (large military unit)

Arabic

4 entries

تَقْسِيم noun (act or process of dividing anything)
تَقْسِيم noun (act or process of dividing anything)
تَقْسِيم noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
فُرْقَة noun (disagreement; a difference of viewpoint)

Armenian

4 entries

բաժանում noun (act or process of dividing anything)
բաժանում noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
բաժանում noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
բաժանում noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)

Aromanian

1 entries

mpãrtãciuni noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Asturian

1 entries

división noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

bölmə noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
diviziya noun (large military unit)
tümən noun (large military unit)

Bashkir

4 entries

бүлек noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
бүлеү noun (act or process of dividing anything)
бүлеү noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
бүлеү noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)

Basque

1 entries

zatiketa noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Belarusian

2 entries

дзяле́нне noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
дыві́зія noun (large military unit)

Bengali

4 entries

তকসিম noun (act or process of dividing anything)
বিভাগ noun (section of a large company)
বিভাজন noun (act or process of dividing anything)
ভাগ noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Bulgarian

4 entries

деле́не noun (act or process of dividing anything)
деле́ние noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
деле́ние noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
диви́зия noun (large military unit)

Catalan

4 entries

divisió noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divisió noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divisió noun (large military unit)
divisió noun (section of a large company)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

بەش noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
بەش noun (section of a large company)
دابەش noun (act or process of dividing anything)
دابەش noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Chinese

1 entries

дивизия noun (large military unit)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

師 /师 noun (large military unit)
師團 /师团 noun (large military unit)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

師 /师 noun (large military unit)
師團 /师团 noun (large military unit)
門 /门 noun (biology: taxonomic classification of plants)
除法 noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Czech

4 entries

divize noun (large military unit)
divize noun (section of a large company)
díl noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
dělení noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Danish

4 entries

afdeling noun (section of a large company)
deling noun (act or process of dividing anything)
division noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
division noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)

Dutch

4 entries

(van prestasie) deelbaarheid noun (law: concept of separate responsibility)
afdeling noun (section of a large company)
deel noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
delen noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Esperanto

4 entries

dividado noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divido noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divido noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divizio noun (large military unit)

Estonian

2 entries

diviis noun (large military unit)
jagamine noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Finnish

4 entries

divisioona noun (large military unit)
erimielisyys noun (disagreement; a difference of viewpoint)
jakaminen noun (act or process of dividing anything)
jakaminen noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

French

4 entries

division noun (act or process of dividing anything)
division noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
division noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
division noun (large military unit)

Galician

2 entries

división noun (act or process of dividing anything)
división noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Georgian

4 entries

გაყოფა noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
გაყოფა noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
დანაყოფი noun (large military unit)
დივიზია noun (large military unit)

German

4 entries

Abteilung noun (large military unit)
Division noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
Division noun (large military unit)
Teil noun (each of the parts resulting from division)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍃 noun (disagreement; a difference of viewpoint)

Greek

4 entries

διαίρεση noun (act or process of dividing anything)
διαίρεση noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
διαίρεση noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
διεύθυνση noun (section of a large company)

Hebrew

4 entries

אֻגְדָּה \ אוגדה noun (large military unit)
דיוויזיה noun (large military unit)
חֲלֻקָּה noun (act or process of dividing anything)
חִלּוּק \ חילוק noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Hindi

4 entries

टुकड़ी noun (large military unit)
प्रभाग noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
प्रभेद noun (act or process of dividing anything)
बँटवारा noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Hungarian

2 entries

hadosztály noun (large military unit)
osztás noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Icelandic

4 entries

deild noun (large military unit)
deild noun (section of a large company)
deiling noun (act or process of dividing anything)
deiling noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Indonesian

4 entries

bagian noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
divisi noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divisi noun (large military unit)
divisi noun (section of a large company)

Ingrian

2 entries

osa noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
razdela noun (each of the parts resulting from division)

Irish

3 entries

deighilt noun (act or process of dividing anything)
deighilt noun (disagreement; a difference of viewpoint)
urrann noun (each of the parts resulting from division)

Italian

4 entries

differenziazione noun (disagreement; a difference of viewpoint)
divario noun (disagreement; a difference of viewpoint)
divisione noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divisione noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Japanese

4 entries

分割 noun (act or process of dividing anything)
割り算 noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
師団 noun (large military unit)
部 noun (section of a large company)

Kazakh

2 entries

бөлу noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
дивизия noun (large military unit)

Khmer

3 entries

កងពលធំ noun (large military unit)
វិធីចែក noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
សាខា noun (biology: taxonomic classification of plants)

Korean

4 entries

나누기 noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
나눗셈 noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
나눗셈 noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
분할 noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

бөлүш noun (act or process of dividing anything)
бөлүү noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
дивизия noun (large military unit)

Lao

1 entries

ກອງພົນ noun (large military unit)

Latin

2 entries

divisio noun (biology: taxonomic classification of plants)
dīvīsiō noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Latvian

2 entries

dalīšana noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divīzija noun (large military unit)

Lithuanian

2 entries

dalyba noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divizija noun (large military unit)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Andeelung noun (section of a large company)

Macedonian

4 entries

дел noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
делење noun (act or process of dividing anything)
делење noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
делење noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)

Malay

4 entries

bahagian noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
divisi noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divisyen noun (large military unit)
divisyen noun (section of a large company)

Malayalam

1 entries

വിഭാഗം noun (each of the parts resulting from division)

Maltese

2 entries

diviżjoni noun (act or process of dividing anything)
diviżjoni noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Mongolian

3 entries

дивиз noun (large military unit)
хуваах үйлдэл noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠶᠠᠬᠤ ᠦᠶᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠯ noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Māori

3 entries

mātua noun (large military unit)
whakawehenga noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
whare noun (large military unit)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

dabeşbûn noun (act or process of dividing anything)
dabeşbûn noun (biology: taxonomic classification of plants)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

divisjon noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divisjon noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divisjon noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
divisjon noun (large military unit)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

divisjon noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divisjon noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divisjon noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
divisjon noun (large military unit)

Old English

3 entries

tōtwǣmednes noun (act or process of dividing anything)
unġeþwǣrnes noun (disagreement; a difference of viewpoint)
ġedāl noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

فرقه noun (large military unit)

Persian

4 entries

بَخْش noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
بَخْش noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
تَقْسیم noun (act or process of dividing anything)
تَقْسیم noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Polish

4 entries

dywizja noun (large military unit)
dzielenie noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
dzielenie noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
podział noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Portuguese

4 entries

divisão noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divisão noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divisão noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
divisão noun (large military unit)

Quechua

2 entries

t'aqa noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
t'ipi noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Romanian

4 entries

divizare noun (act or process of dividing anything)
divizare noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
divizie noun (large military unit)
divizie noun (section of a large company)

Russian

4 entries

деле́ние noun (act or process of dividing anything)
деле́ние noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
деле́ние noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
диви́зия noun (large military unit)

Scots

1 entries

diveesion noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dijeljenje noun (act or process of dividing anything)
dijeljenje noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
dijéljēnje noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divizija noun (biology: taxonomic classification of plants)

Slovak

2 entries

delenie noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divízia noun (large military unit)

Slovene

3 entries

deljenje noun (act or process of dividing anything)
deljenje noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
divizija noun (large military unit)

Spanish

4 entries

división noun (act or process of dividing anything)
división noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
división noun (large military unit)
parte noun (each of the parts resulting from division)

Swahili

2 entries

farakano noun (act or process of dividing anything)
ugavi noun (act or process of dividing anything)

Swedish

4 entries

division noun (act or process of dividing anything)
division noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
division noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
division noun (large military unit)

Tagalog

3 entries

dibisyon noun (large military unit)
palahatian noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
palahatian noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)

Tajik

4 entries

дивизия noun (large military unit)
лашкар noun (large military unit)
тақсим noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
фирқа noun (large military unit)

Tamil

4 entries

பிரித்தல் noun (act or process of dividing anything)
பிரிவு noun (each of the parts resulting from division)
பிரிவு noun (large military unit)
வகுத்தல் noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Tatar

2 entries

дивизия noun (large military unit)
төмән noun (large military unit)

Telugu

4 entries

భాగహారము noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
విభజన noun (act or process of dividing anything)
విభాగము noun (large military unit)
విభాగము noun (section of a large company)

Thai

2 entries

กองพล noun (large military unit)
การหาร noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)

Turkish

4 entries

anlaşmazlık noun (disagreement; a difference of viewpoint)
bölme noun (act or process of dividing anything)
bölme noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
bölme noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)

Turkmen

1 entries

diwiziýa noun (large military unit)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ві́дділ noun (section of a large company)
ві́дділ noun (biology: taxonomic classification of plants)
відді́лення noun (section of a large company)
диві́зія noun (large military unit)

Urdu

4 entries

تَقْسیم noun (act or process of dividing anything)
تَقْسیم noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
تَقْسیم noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
تَقْسیم noun (biology: taxonomic classification of plants)

Uyghur

2 entries

دىۋىزىيە noun (large military unit)
شىتۇەن noun (large military unit)

Uzbek

3 entries

boʻlinish noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
boʻlish noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
diviziya noun (large military unit)

Vietnamese

3 entries

phép chia noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
sư noun (large military unit)
sư đoàn noun (large military unit)

Welsh

1 entries

adran noun (section of a large company)

West-Frisian

4 entries

dieling noun (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
dieling noun (arithmetic: calculation involving this process)
divyzje noun (large military unit)
divyzje noun (section of a large company)

Yiddish

1 entries

דיוויזיע noun (large military unit)

Sample sentences

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The division of Germany was considered a given until 1989.

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In either case, the division is real and useful; but it can also be misleading.

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The division of the property was a bone of contention between the brothers.

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I had the pleasure of learning that you recently became the manager of the production division.

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