Antonym: multiplication. Similar words: envision, provision, decision, divine, divide, visitor, visible, activist. Meaning: [dɪ'vɪʒn] 
n. 1. an army unit large enough to sustain combat 2. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole 3. the act or process of dividing 4. an administrative unit in government or business 5. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed 6. discord that splits a group 7. a league ranked by quality 8. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category 9. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum 10. a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings 11. a group of ships of similar type 12. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.
n. 1. an army unit large enough to sustain combat 2. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole 3. the act or process of dividing 4. an administrative unit in government or business 5. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed 6. discord that splits a group 7. a league ranked by quality 8. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category 9. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum 10. a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings 11. a group of ships of similar type 12. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. 
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(121) The Dec. 11 fire that destroyed three major buildings in the mill began in the flock division, investigators said.
(122) In one of the major cup competitions they have been given home advantage against first division Coventry.
(123) They operated under the assumption that there could be no real division between family and work, that the two overlapped endlessly.
(124) The communication system division, which makes products ranging from fax machines to cordless telephones, employs 8, 500.
(125) In fact, there is no division and social and academic skills and abilities differ widely.
(125) Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
(126) The division of responsibility was based upon past historical connections and more recent wartime involvement with particular areas of concern.
(127) These will directly affect the career structure within the banks, causing distortions, blockages and a recorded division of labour.
(128) But if your admiration went to Fowler, your hearts went out to Francis' brave First Division side.
(129) I had been in the division only about three months, and barely knew what naphtha was.
(130) The conventional way of looking at adolescence does, at any rate, emphasise some such division.
(131) Two examples are given overleaf Each of these can be calculated by several methods, one of which is by division.
(132) The value of graphic material is to attract attention and convey information in a summarised form, e.g. cell division.
(133) Last year they won the senior division championship for a club which won another five trophies.
(134) He was shortly joined by the division commander, who offered me more encouragement.
(135) It arises from a failure of the machinery that controls cell division.
(136) The contract, the largest awarded to date to Magellan's workplace division, is for one year with four option years.
(137) The village ceased to be a voluntary, personal association and became an administrative division existing for the convenience of the state.
(138) Nobody has to remind me that frequent cell division is not by itself malignancy.
(139) These are, however, necessary consequences of the division of labour and the consequent role of trust in social relationships.
(140) The construction materials division, which employs more than 4,200 people, is to be floated as a separate company.
(141) This division of labour was itself the product of the growing complexity of the social organism.
(142) He takes Adam Smith to task for conflating the division of labour in society with the division within the enterprise.
(143) When census tracts are scrutinised in this neighbourhood a sharp division in experience becomes apparent.
(144) We also maintain close links with the electronic publishing division of a large conglomerate.
(145) All Loral business lines except the space communications division will be sold to Lockheed Martin.
(146) Nearby was the base camp for the New Zealand Division that was away fighting in the front line.
(147) Glenn Jeffers was a helicopter crewman throughout 1968, one of the worst times to serve with a combat division.
(148) The 22-year-old pack ace will arrive tomorrow and could make his debut in Sunday's First Division home clash with Wigan.
(149) Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio A truck company's sales division has been saved from closure.
(150) Agriculture and construction division sales fell 6 percent to 3. 375 billion francs, and rose 5 percent in local currencies.
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