Division Meaning
/dɪˈvɪʒn̩/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act or process of dividing anything.
nounEach of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
Sentence Examples
The division of Germany was considered a given until 1989.
In either case, the division is real and useful; but it can also be misleading.
The organism begins as a single cell and grows by cell division.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of labor in the factory increased efficiency significantly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of Germany was considered a given until 1989.
Word Origin & History
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms — they’re not who America is. They distort our glorious founding and what this country is all about. Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker,” he wrote Tuesday. […] In a July 2020 unveiling of a report from his “Commission on Unalienable Rights” that purported that “more rights does not necessarily mean more justice,” Pompeo fanned flames of division stoked by Trump, warning that “the very core of what it means to be an American, indeed the American way of life itself, is under attack” amid nationwide protests for racial justice and against police brutality."
— 2021 January 19, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, “Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of labor in the factory increased efficiency significantly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of Germany was considered a given until 1989.