Division | Mean of division in English Dictionary

/dəˈvɪʒən/

• Noun
• the act or process of dividing something into parts
1. the process of cell division
2. a division of profits into equal shares
3. Their society has a clear division of labor between men and women. [=in their society, the men do one kind of work and the women do another kind of work]
• something that physically divides or separates something else
1. A line of trees served as a division between our property and theirs.
• the process of finding out how many times one number is contained in another
1. After learning multiplication, the students were taught division.

• a group of people who do a particular job within a larger organization (such as a government, business, or school)
1. She was transferred to a different division within the company.
2. He worked for many years in the news division [=department] of a major television network.
• a large military group
1. The infantry division is made up of five brigades.
• a group of teams that form one section of a sports league
1. There are five teams in the league's western division.
2. Both divisions in the league have agreed to the new rules.
3. teams that are in the first/second division
• a group of people who are similar in age, size, etc., and who compete against each other
1. She finished third in her division at the national championships.
2. boxers competing in the heavyweight division
• a situation in which different groups, countries, etc., have different opinions, beliefs, or ways of life that separate them from each other
1. We're attempting to resolve the divisions [=disagreements] between our two countries.
2. There were serious divisions within the party on a number of issues.
3. The book explores the racial and economic divisions in/of our society.
4. The issue caused division within the group.
• any one of the parts or groups that form something
1. a major division of the earth's surface