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division

division

420 3.2
A part of a larger organization that has its own work
  • noun
  • /dɪˈvɪʒən/
: división
  • IBM Research division, here we go.
  • division or department
  • school division
  • census division

Lennar has a home building division and a landlord division.

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Examples

  • So Urban Outfitters has a new division called Without Walls.

  • Miyabi's father is the manager of the finance division at a bank.

  • - Let the film division handle it.

  • And I need it in two days, or the music division will be gone.

  • You can volunteer at either the Division level or the Section level, or both.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Lennar has a home building division and a landlord division.

  • I eventually moved to the University of Arizona-Tucson to become the division chief and residency program director.

    Academic text (2017)
  • David R. Martinez is an associate division head at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Scholarships: At ASME-IPTI's Petroleum Division, we believe that outstanding engineering begins with a solid educational foundation.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The finance division at the bank is responsible for managing the company's investments.

Synonyms

part
vsdivision
∞ 1.0

A piece of something that, with others, makes a whole

is specifically about organizational, business, or governmental parts
department
vsdivision
∞ 1.8

A part of a company or organization that does a particular job

is a general part of an organization that includes such units
section
vsdivision
∞ 1.0

A part of something larger, like a page, pipe, or fence

is specific to organizations, businesses, or government contexts
branch
vsdivision
390 1.3

A division of a larger organization, like a local office

covers any part or section of an organization without that focus
subsection
vsdivision
25 3.4

A smaller part of a section about one topic

applies to organizational or institutional parts beyond just text
directorate
vsdivision
16 5.8

A department in an organization that manages one area, like research or finance

is the more general term for any internal part or section
div
vsdivision
  • Informal
8 7.2

A group in a company or sport that has teams and staff

is the full general term rather than an abbreviated form
business department
vsdivision
2 2.7

A part of a company that handles one area of work, like sales or marketing

is broader and applies to parts across various organizations
subsector
vsdivision
1 4.7

A smaller part of an industry that focuses on one type of business

is centered on internal organization parts rather than industry categories
1 3.7

A region like a state or district that a government uses to run local services

is an internal organizational part, not a territorial governance region
territorial division
vsdivision
  • Formal
1 5.4

An area set up for local government, like a region or district

is focused on internal organizational sections rather than geographic districts
subbranch
vsdivision
1 3.8

A smaller part of a larger organization that works in a local area

is the main kind of organizational part rather than a minor offshoot
subdepartment
vsdivision
1 4.4

A smaller part of a department that does specific tasks

is a wider organizational part rather than a nested internal unit

Antonyms

374 1.0

All of something seen as one unit

93 4.0

Putting two or more parts together so they work as one

Compounds

A way to divide one number by another by writing each step

cell division
  • Specialized
6 2.8

A cell splits to make two new cells for growth or repair

A level in a sports league below the top one where teams are weaker

air division
  • Jargon
1 4.9

A group in the United States Air Force that has two or more wings and controls them

The part of a company that works to get customers for its products or services

cellular division
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A process in which a cell splits to make two or more new cells for growth and reproduction

A region like a state or district that a government uses to run local services

1 5.5

A quick way to divide numbers in your head with little writing

The part of a company that plans and runs ads

1 5.4

An area set up for local government, like a region or district

naval division
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A group of similar warships that form a unit in a navy

A way of sorting things into groups using two or more features at the same time

word division
  • Specialized
1 4.3

Separating a word into parts when it breaks at the end of a line in writing

benthic division
  • Specialized
9.9

The part of a body of water that includes the sea floor and nearby shore areas

division Protista
  • Specialized
8.2

A group of mostly single-celled living things with cells that have a nucleus, like slime molds and some algae

9.9

A former group of plants like ferns that have tubes and make spores not seeds

division Rhodophyta
  • Specialized
8.6

A large group of red seaweeds that grow mainly in the sea near the shore

9.9

An old scientific name for blue-green algae now called cyanobacteria

division Anthophyta
  • Specialized
8.8

A group of flowering plants that make seeds inside a fruit

A group of single-celled life forms different from bacteria and from animals and plants

division Bryophyta
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of small plants that do not make flowers, like mosses, liverworts and hornworts

9.9

A group of mostly freshwater microscopic algae with yellow or brown color

9.3

A group of bacteria like blue-green algae that make food from sunlight and live in water and soil

8.4

A large group of single-celled living things that have rigid cell walls

division Euglenophyta
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of small, free-swimming algae that move with a tail and live in fresh water

division Eumycota
  • Specialized
9.6

A main group of fungi like mushrooms and molds that have cells with walls made of chitin

9.9

An old scientific group for organisms where a fungus lives with algae or blue-green bacteria

division Phaeophyta
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of brown seaweeds like kelp used in some biology classifications

form division
  • Archaic
9.9

An old artificial group that scientists used to sort plants

A main United States Navy group that designs and tests aircraft and missiles

reduction division
  • Specialized
6.1

A type of cell division that makes four sex cells, each with half the chromosomes

How Big

corporation
904 3.7
company
∞ 1.0
division
420 3.2
department
∞ 1.8
section
119 2.4
unit
∞ 2.8
team
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

division singular
divisions plural

Morphology

division = divide (transparent) = divide + ion

An organizational 'part or section' follows directly from 'divide' + '-ion', so this is inferable from the base.

Etymology

Division comes from the verb divide, which means 'to separate into parts'. So in a company or government, a division is one part of a larger organization.