dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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Sounds | dihvih'zhahn |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | An army unit large enough to sustain combat. |
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Examples | "two infantry divisions were held in reserve" |
Member of | corps |
Members | battle group |
Narrower | Special Forces, U. S. Army Special Forces, United States Army Special Forces |
Broader | army unit |
Adjectives | divisional |
Meaning | One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole. |
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Examples | "the BBC's engineering division" |
Synonyms | part, section |
Part of | whole |
Narrower | beginning; middle; end; high point; component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient |
Broader | concept, conception, construct |
Meaning | The act or process of dividing. |
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Narrower | parcellation; cleavage; bisection; quartering; schism, split; cut, cutting; atomization, atomisation, fragmentation; branching, ramification, fork, forking; dichotomization, dichotomisation; quantization, quantisation; fractionation; syllabication, syllabification; word division, hyphenation; cut, cutting |
Broader | separation |
Verbs | divide |
Meaning | An administrative unit in government or business. |
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Member of | government, authorities, regime; business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation |
Narrower | department, section; branch, subdivision, arm |
Broader | administrative unit, administrative body |
Meaning | An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication. The quotient of two numbers is computed. |
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Narrower | long division; short division |
Broader | arithmetic operation |
Verbs | divide |
Meaning | Discord that splits a group. |
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Synonyms | variance |
Broader | discord, dissension |
Meaning | A league ranked by quality. |
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Examples | "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" |
Synonyms | class |
Broader | league, conference |
Meaning | (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. |
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Category | biology, biological science |
Narrower | division Archaebacteria; division Eubacteria; Cyanophyta, division Cyanophyta; Schizophyta, division Schizophyta; Heterokontophyta, division Heterokontophyta; Chrysophyta, division Chrysophyta; Phaeophyta, division Phaeophyta; Euglenophyta, division Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta, division Chlorophyta; Rhodophyta, division Rhodophyta; Cynodontia, division Cynodontia; Dicynodontia, division Dicynodontia; Pisces; form division |
Broader | biological group |
Meaning | (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum. |
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Category | botany, phytology |
Narrower | Protista, division Protista; Thallophyta; Tracheophyta, division Tracheophyta; Bryophyta, division Bryophyta; Pteridophyta, division Pteridophyta; Spermatophyta, division Spermatophyta; Phanerogamae; Cryptogamia; Pteropsida, subdivision Pteropsida; Zygomycota, subdivision Zygomycota, Zygomycotina, subdivision Zygomycotina; Myxomycota, division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota; Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, subdivision Mastigomycotina; Lichenes, division Lichenes; Eumycota, division Eumycota; Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycota, Deuteromycotina, Fungi imperfecti, subdivision Deuteromycotina; Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycotina; Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina; Lycophyta |
Broader | phylum |
Meaning | A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings. |
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Synonyms | air division |
Parts | wing |
Broader | air unit |
Meaning | A group of ships of similar type. |
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Synonyms | naval division |
Broader | naval unit |
Meaning | The act of dividing or partitioning. Separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. |
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Synonyms | partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation |
Narrower | subdivision; septation; zoning |
Broader | separation |
Verbs | divide |