division

About 56.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or process of dividing anything.
2. noun Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
3. noun The process of dividing a number by another.
4. noun A calculation that involves this process.

   I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.

5. noun A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
6. noun A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
7. noun A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.

   Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

8. noun A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.

   Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

Similar words

subdivision partitioning partition segmentation sectionalization section part variance class compartmentalization

Often followed by

of and in was between is into to had

Word family

divisional divisions