division

Definition

  • noun: the act or process of dividing something into parts
  • noun: the act or process of 'dividing'
  • often + 'between'
  • synonyms: disconnection, disjunction, separation

Examples

  • Their society has a clear 'division' of labor between men and women. [=in their society, the men do one kind of work and the women do another kind of work]

  • He worked for many years in the news 'division' [='department'] of a major television network.

  • We're attempting to resolve the 'divisions' [='disagreements'] between our two countries.

Movie quotes

  • (..) You're kidding? What was the score? Three to two? MeI, guess what? My LittIe League team, the LittIe Lopezers... they won the division tonight. That's great. CongratuIations. What'd you do, fix the umpire? FRANK: Jesus Christ. They wanted to spoiI my $ suit. FRANK: Who the f$ck did this? (..)
    1983 Scarface