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division

division

139 3.1
A level group in a sports league for teams of similar skill
  • noun
  • /dɪˈvɪʒən/
translation icon : división
  • In addition, individuals were asked whether they were presently participating in intramural or Division I athletics.
  • Division I
  • NCAA Division
  • Division II

Then he took on the man who ultimately wins ADCC open weight division and defeats him.

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Examples

  • The team celebrated after clinching the top spot in their division for the playoffs.

  • In one such race, Henry was placed in the Clydesdale Division for runners weighing 195 pounds or more.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • But it was it was an opportunity to play Division One football.

  • We played you guys in Division A.

  • And we have a chance of winning the division this year, getting promotion.

  • Our first heat today is in the masters division.

  • Boys at this level of experience are not typically in the most competitive divisions of youth sports.

    Academic text (1995)
  • First time he's played at a Division One level and lead his team to a natty.

  • Now, here's the good news, he was a Division 1 college wrestler.

  • Winning their division this season could mean a chance to compete for the championship.

Synonyms

class
vsdivision
1.8

A group of people or things with a shared quality

is specific to sports and ranks groups by skill or performance level
div
vsdivision
  • Informal
4 7.2

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

is specifically a sports grouping ranked by quality or performance level

Antonyms

217 2.8

People or parts joined and acting as one

43 5.5

To join several groups or parts together to make one stronger unit

Compounds

cell division
  • Specialized
5 2.8

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

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

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

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

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

1 5.5

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

benthic division
  • Specialized
9.9

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

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

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

The part of a company that plans and runs ads

air division
  • Jargon
4.9

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

form division
  • Archaic
9.9

An old artificial group that scientists used to sort plants

naval division
  • Specialized
5.8

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

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

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

word division
  • Specialized
4.3

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

How Competitive

premiership
  • UK
1 4.2
division
139 3.1

Surface Forms

division singular
divisions plural

Morphology

division = divide (transparent) = divide + ion

A sports 'division' as a ranked grouping is a direct extension of 'a part or group' formed from 'divide' + '-ion'.

Etymology

Division comes from the verb divide, meaning 'to separate into groups'. So in sports a division groups teams of similar level so they compete against each other.