division
noun
[ dɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n ]
• the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.
• "the division of the land into small fields"
Similar:
dividing,
dividing up,
breaking up,
break-up,
cutting up,
carving up,
severance,
splitting,
dissection,
bisection,
cleaving,
partitioning,
separation,
segregation,
disconnection,
detachment,
• difference or disagreement between two or more groups, typically producing tension.
• "a growing sense of division between north and south"
Similar:
disunity,
disunion,
conflict,
discord,
disagreement,
dissension,
disaffection,
estrangement,
alienation,
isolation,
detachment,
variance,
difference,
difference of opinion,
feud,
breach,
rupture,
split,
chasm,
falling-out,
scission,
• the process of dividing one number by another.
• "no multiplication or division is necessary"
• each of the parts into which something is divided.
• "the main divisions of the book"
Similar:
section,
subsection,
subdivision,
part,
portion,
piece,
bit,
segment,
slice,
fragment,
chunk,
component,
share,
compartment,
category,
class,
group,
grouping,
set,
order,
batch,
family,
• a partition.
• "the villagers lived in a communal building and there were no solid divisions between neighbours"
Similar:
dividing line,
divide,
boundary,
boundary line,
borderline,
border,
partition,
margin,
demarcation line,
line of demarcation,
cut-off point,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French devisiun, from Latin divisio(n- ), from the verb dividere (see divide).
