division

division is a 8-letter English word with 27 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 27 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
2. noun. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
3. noun. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
4. noun. Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
5. noun. Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
6. noun. Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
7. noun. The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.
8. noun. The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
9. noun. Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.
10. noun. Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
11. noun. One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
12. noun. One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
13. noun. A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.
14. noun. The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
15. noun. A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.
16. noun. the act or process of dividing
17. noun. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

    Synonyms: partition, partitioning, segmentation

18. noun. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
19. 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"

    Synonyms: part, section

20. noun. discord that splits a group

    Synonyms: variance

21. noun. an army unit large enough to sustain combat

    "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"

22. noun. a group of ships of similar type
23. noun. a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
24. noun. an administrative unit in government or business
25. noun. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
26. noun. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
27. noun. a league ranked by quality

    "he played baseball in class D for two years"

    "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"

    Synonyms: class

Synonyms

partition, partitioning, segmentation, part, section, variance, class

Common word forms

divisions, divisional

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