division
[dih-vizh-uhn]
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noun
Origin of division
Synonyms for division
1. separation, apportionment, allotment, distribution. 4. boundary, demarcation. 5. compartment, segment. 6. breach, rift, disunion, rupture, estrangement, alienation.
Synonym study
1. Division, partition suggest dividing into parts. Division usually means marking off or separating a whole into parts. Partition often adds the idea of allotting or assigning parts following division: partition of an estate, of a country.
Antonyms for division
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Historical Examples of misdivision
The double form (a and an) of the English indefinite article, encourages this misdivision.
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Word Origin for division
C14: from Latin dīvīsiō, from dīvidere to divide
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[dĭ-vĭzh′ən]
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