an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
Used in a Sentence
division
How to use division in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for division.
Editorial note
Sorry, division of labor is a good thing.
Examples7
Definitions12
Parts of speech1
Quick take
an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of division gathered in one view.
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"; "the BBC's engineering division"
the act or process of dividing
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for division.
noun
an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
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"; "the BBC's engineering division"
noun
the act or process of dividing
noun
an administrative unit in government or business
noun
discord that splits a group
See also: variance
noun
a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
See also: class
noun
(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
noun
(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
noun
a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
noun
a group of ships of similar type
noun
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
noun
the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
See also: partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation
Example sentences
Sorry, division of labor is a good thing.
I also filed an online report with the FBI online fraud division.
It doesn't matter how hard a division works if it doesn't have anything to do with social.
It can also perform arithmetic operations, like division and square root.- Machine learning.
I am not targeting any class here but pointing out that a culture of complacency by division was a large warning in that book that is often overlooked.
It is hard to describe how it feels to watch my 9 year old pop off months worth of school tedium in one morning, moving up through long division into simple algebra equations.
Paying everyone a bonus based on how one division performs is at best disillusioning to the people who don't work in that division and have absolutely no control over their bonus.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use division in a sentence?
Sorry, division of labor is a good thing.
What does division mean?
an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
What part of speech is division?
division is commonly used as noun.