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division
  1. (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
  2. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
  3. (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
  4. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
  5. (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
  6. A section of a large company.
  7. (taxonomy) A rank (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank
  8. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
  9. (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
  10. (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
  11. (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
  12. (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
  13. (Britain, Eton College) A lesson; a class.
  14. Synonyms:
  15. Examples:
    1. “Care must be taken to ensure that the division of the cookie dough will result in biscuits of equal thickness.”
      “These inflammatory words have only served to sow division between our people.”
      “Due in part to this broader definition of objectives for reading, there developed a division in philosophies with respect to the teaching of reading.”
divide
  1. A thing that divides.
  2. An act of dividing.
  3. A distancing between two people or things.
  4. (geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The divide between our skillsets ensures that our roles within the partnership are clearly defined.”
      “There's a big divide between acting on stage and acting on film.”
dividend
  1. (arithmetic) A number or expression that is to be divided by another.
  2. (finance) A pro rata payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually).
  3. (figuratively) Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Shareholders who were officially registered received a generous dividend payout of $1.25 per share.”
      “The end of the Cold War brought about a peace dividend in the form of reduced budgets and manpower.”
      “Restoring the dividend tax credit would be a better use of public money than much of the government's wasteful spending.”
divisor
  1. (arithmetic) A number or expression that another is to be divided by.
  2. An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The number 5 is a divisor of 15 because it evenly divides into 15 three times.”
      “But Zu would know how to reduce fractions to their lowest terms by dividing top and bottom by the greatest common divisor.”
      “We will now see how to find the greatest common divisor and the lowest common multiple of two numbers from their prime factorizations.”
divisibility
  1. (uncountable) The state of being divisible. The state capable of being divided.
  2. (arithmetic) The property of being divisible by a particular integer.
  3. Examples:
    1. “This early form of barter, however, does not provide the transferability and divisibility that makes trading efficient.”
      “We exchange stories about school, cats, divisibility rules, and broccoli, whatever seems to float her boat.”
      “In addition, this graphical solution shows the effect of resource divisibility.”
divisionism
  1. (art) The use of small areas of color to construct an image.
  2. Support for division of a territory, etc.
  3. Examples:
    1. “It sounds more as if there is a construct of divisionism on both sides that needs addressing.”
      “Seurat's theory of optical mixtures, which he called divisionism, influenced Signac, and the style eventually became known as pointillism.”
      “The artistic movement known as divisionism was an Italian response to the impressionists and post-impressionists.”
divisional
  1. (US, sports) A playoff determining the winning team from a particular division.
divisionist
  1. One who supports division (of a territory, etc.).
divi
  1. (Britain, informal, dated) The dividend paid out by the Co-op
  2. Examples:
    1. “When she died it was only natural that the Co-op would arrange the funeral, although I don't think we got any of her divi back.”
      “The Co-op said the new divi would draw in the current loyalty card system and pay members twice yearly out of the group's profits.”
      “Loyalty cards, just like the old Green Shield stamps and the co-op divi are understandable but why, oh why, are these stores issuing credit and debit cards?”
divisiveness
  1. The characteristic of being divisive.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The salient feature of these policies is not their racism per se but their carefully calculated divisiveness.”
      “If you have lost enchantment, you are liable to divisiveness, intolerance, and aggression.”
      “You profess a movement that is inclusive in order to overcome divisiveness.”
divisioner
  1. A member of a specified division.
divisibleness
  1. The quality of being divisible.
devision
  1. Obsolete spelling of division
  2. Examples:
    1. “Hall said he wanted the BBC's news and current affairs devision, headed by former Times editor James Harding, to regain its confidence.”
      “No part of this manual may be reproduced in whole or in part without the express written permission of PianoDisc, a devision of Burgett, Inc.”
      “The blend of photographs and 3D models make a purchase planning within the furniture devision for everybody possible, even from at home.”
divident
  1. (obsolete) dividend; share
dividedness
  1. The quality of being divided.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Maybe because of our dividedness, we don't have that many heroes who cut across all groups.”
      “This dividedness is emphasised by the ethnic diversity of Tsiolkas's cast.”
      “We lament the dividedness and divisiveness of our churches and organizations.”
dividing
divisible
  1. Any substance that can be divided.
dividence
  1. (obsolete, rare) Division.
  2. Examples:
    1. “We have heard of a dividence of women and children in the bay, and would be glad of a share.”
      “During the 1920's operations were profitable, making possible the payment of large dividence to investors.”
      “The first dividence bounds with his front upon the pond at the West end of the said plain, only a cart way being left between the said front and the pond.”
dividings
devisions
  1. plural of devision: Obsolete spelling of divisions
divisivenesses
divisibilities
  1. plural of divisibility
divisionisms
  1. plural of divisionism
divisionists
  1. plural of divisionist
dividednesses
  1. plural of dividedness
divisioners
  1. plural of divisioner
divisionals
  1. plural of divisional
dividences
  1. plural of dividence
divisibles
  1. plural of divisible
dividends
  1. plural of dividend
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His deep and abiding interest in infantry warfare was soon to pay great dividends.”
      “We made some pretty radical engine changes that we hope pay some dividends, and we did the same with the race car.”
      “Shareholder requirements for dividends made it necessary to define an accounting period, close the books and calculate profits.”
divisions
  1. plural of division
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These broad divisions were reflected in kinship practices, women's land rights and agrarian alliances that continue to the present.”
      “Castellani was a top class fighter who met the best the welterweight and middleweight divisions could offer.”
      “Party divisions led to huge losses in by-elections and local government elections until the party at the grass roots seemed close to extinction.”
dividents
  1. plural of divident
divisors
  1. plural of divisor
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Influenced by Gauss, Smith's most important contributions are in number theory where he worked on elementary divisors.”
      “After graduating in 1939 he began to work for his doctorate on the problem of divisors of almost periodic polynomials.”
      “Amicable numbers come in pairs in which each number is the sum of the proper divisors of the other.”
divides
divis
  1. plural of divi
  2. Examples:
    1. “Brady, from Divis Tower in West Belfast, took PS10,136 from the office safe of Whites Tavern.”
      “One of the first wine bars in the Divis corridor, Wine Kitchen doesn't take itself as seriously as it might.”
      “Sectarian violence began on Thursday night, emanating from a bonfire in the Divis Street area, a Catholic-dominated part of Belfast.”
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