division
division Lexical Profile
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• noun
The action or process of separating something into parts, or the state of being separated.
"A fair division of household chores helped keep everyone in the apartment happy."
A major administrative, operational, or competitive section of an organization, company, military force, or sports league.
"She was recently promoted to manage the company's international marketing division."
The fundamental mathematical operation of calculating how many times one number is contained within another; the inverse of multiplication.
"The fourth-grade students spent the morning practicing long division on the whiteboard."
A serious disagreement or difference in opinion, interest, or belief between two or more groups, especially within a society or organization.
"The controversial policy created a deep division among the members of the city council."
A boundary, partition, or mark that separates one area, group, or unit of measurement from another.
"A thick stone wall served as the division between the two neighboring estates."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French division, from Latin divisio ('a dividing, distribution'), derived from the verb dividere ('to force asunder, cleave, distribute').