From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Numbers, Companies, Army, Sport, Parliaments, Votingdivisiondi‧vi‧sion /dəˈvɪʒən/●くろまる●くろまる●くろまるS3W1 noun1separating [countable, uncountable]SEPARATE the act of separating something into two or more different parts, or the way these parts are separated or shareddivision of something between/among/into somethingthe division of words into syllablesthe traditional division of labour (=the way that particular tasks are shared) between husband and wife2disagreement [countable, uncountable]DISAGREEdisagreement among the members of a group that makes them form smaller opposing groupsdivision between/within/among somethingCan he heal the deep divisions among Republican ranks?racial/class/gender etc divisionThe old class divisions had begun to break down.The Army was plagued by internal divisions.3mathematics [uncountable]HMN the process of finding out how many times one number is contained in another → multiplication, long division4part of an organization [countable]BBC a group that does a particular job within a large organizationthe Computer Services Division5military [countable]PMA a large military groupa tank division6sport [countable]DS one of the groups of teams that a sportscompetition is divided into, often based on the number of games they have wonthe Premier/First/Second/Third/Fourth Divisiona second-division club7in parliament [countable]PGP a process in which members of the Britishparliamentvote for something by dividing into groupsMPs forced a division on the bill.Some members supported the opposition in the division lobbies (=the rooms where the vote takes place).Examples from the Corpusdivision• I work in the administrationdivision as a mailmover.• The company's Credit Data Division is based in OrangeCounty.• There was a deepdivision in the Republican Party over policy on Central America.• Indeed, there is little differentiation by class at all in domesticdivisions of labour.• The entiredivision of 18,000 troops will be home in about a month.• But he is giving no clues at present as to the composition of his full back line and forwarddivision.• There are signs of growing division within the administration about the best strategy to adopt.• The housebuilding division is already being wound down.• the Japanesedivision of AmericanExpress• The sales and advertisingdepartments are both part of the marketing division.• To me, this club is as good as any team in our division.• The Warriors are currently first in the Pacificdivision.division of labour• How does money aid the specialization and division of labour?• Neo-Marxists emphasize the globalization of capitalistproduction and the associatedcreation of a globaldivision of labour.• The source of consensus was to be found in the division of labour, which was the pre-eminent fact of social solidarity.• One possible explanationlies in the division of labour between women and men.• A crucialaspect of the productive process is the division of labour into restrictedtasks.• Similarly, the concepts of the division of labour and organisation through specialisation still hold sway within many organisations.• But the stress so far on the division of labour is somewhat one-sided.• The division of labour is always reflected in differentiation of status.internal divisions• The size and internal divisionsaccommodate A4 and A5 paper and documents.• The bank was wracked by internal divisions between the bank's traditionalmanagers and the outsiders headed by SirKit.• But it is torn by deeper internal divisions than those warring along ethnic or religious lines.• But one worrisomedevelopment for insiders is the appearance of internal divisions.• Why should Britain's areas of highest unemploymentsuffer because of Tory party internal divisions?• Whatever disagreement there is about the internal divisions of the texts in the manuscripts, the whole treatise has a shape.the Premier/First/Second/Third/Fourth Division• His three-match ban has been lifted with immediate effect, freeing him for the First Divisionmatch at Huddersfield tomorrow.• Keegan is desperate to stay after savouring his first taste in management by keeping United in the Second Division.• In the first division the top two teams would play off at Twickenham for the county title.• They lead the first division by one point from Gloucester, so it's going to be some cuptie.• Gould was sacked after a stormy 14 months following Albion's failure to at least make the Third Divisionpromotionplay-offs.• Recently relegated to the first division, the projectedloss of PremierLeaguegatereceiptsmeant a furtherdeficit of 400,000ドル.• Last term, he took the Quakers into Division Three by storming to the fourthdivisionchampionship.division lobbies• Either the Government performs a climbdown of epichumiliationscale or it publishes and risks being damned in the division lobbies.• The bargain is one which a minority Labour government could well afford to offer, in return for essential support in the division lobbies.From Longman Business Dictionarydivisiondi‧vi‧sion /dəˈvɪʒən/ noun [countable]ORGANIZATIONSone of the large parts into which a large organization or company is dividedEach division has its own editorial, production, and marketing sales staff.Thomson acquired the TV manufacturing division of America’s General Electric.Origindivision(1300-1400)Old FrenchLatindivisio, from dividere; → DIVIDE1