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Synonyms for divisions
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-vizh-uhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvɪʒ ən |
Top 10 synonyms for divisions Other synonyms for the word divisions
- analysis
- apportionment
- associate
- autopsy
- bisection
- border
- boundary
- breaking
- breaking down
- breaking up
- carving
- chunk
- compartment
- contrasting
- cut
- cutting up
- degree
- demarcation
- departmentalizing
- detaching
- detachment
- diagnosis
- difference of opinion
- difficulty
- disaccord
- disharmony
- disjuncture
- dismemberment
- disparting
- dissension
- dissent
- disseverance
- dissidence
- dissolution
- dissonance
- distinguishing
- disunion
- disuniting
- divide
- dividend
- divider
- dividing
- dividing line
- divorce
- divvy
- end
- feud
- fraction
- fragment
- grouping
- head
- kind
- lobe
- lump
- member
- moiety
- offshoot
- parcel
- parceling
- parting
- partition
- piece
- piece of action
- portion
- rake-off
- ramification
- reduction
- rending
- rupture
- section
- sector
- segment
- segmentation
- selection
- separating
- severance
- share
- slice
- sort
- split
- splitting up
- subdivision
- trouble
- variance
- vivisection
- wedge
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Définition of divisions
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French division, from Latin divisionem (nominative divisio), from divid-, stem of dividere (see divide). Military sense is first recorded 1590s. Mathematical sense is from early 15c. The mathematical division sign supposedly was invented by British mathematician John Pell (1611-1685) who taught at Cambridge and Amsterdam.
- noun separation, disconnection
- noun something produced from separating
- noun breach, estrangement
- For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- The commander of one of the French divisions acted like a generous enemy.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- All of the front lines were driven in and the divisions were cut apart.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Early in the year this section had been held by only two divisions of Rhinelanders.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- Divisions, he said, were to Churches like wars to countries.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- They bear our name; how could he understand the divisions that rend us asunder?
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- These divisions were not really scientific, but rather based on popular experience.
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
- Your head is filled with questions, divisions, and majorities.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
- Thus, by a series of divisions, we have arrived at the definition of the angler's art.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
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