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# division

«division» in Mova's school dictionary: **sharing or grouping into equal parts** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (division, divisions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Division is sharing or grouping into equal parts. 12 divided by 3 is 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#m1)

2) A division is a part or group that a bigger thing is split into, like a division of a company or a sports league. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#m2)

3) Division is also disagreement that splits people apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

the operation of sharing equally or finding how many groups; signs: ÷ or / or a fraction bar; in maths: «long division», the dividend, the divisor and the quotient; in sport: teams play in divisions; in science: cells grow by cell division

### examples

- Use division to share 20 sweets among 4 children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#x1)
- Check the division with multiplication. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#x2)
- Write a division for the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#x3)
- 15 ÷ 3 is a division. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#x4)
- In 20 ÷ 4 = 5, 5 is the quotient. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#x5)
- We learned long division this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#x6)
- Our team plays in the second division. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#x7)
- Cells make new cells by division. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#x8)
- Then, glaring at the Fox, he bade him make a fresh division. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/#x9)

### note

Names the operation. Equal sharing and «how many groups of» both mean division. Division undoes multiplication: 12 ÷ 3 = 4 because 3 × 4 = 12. Trap: you cannot divide by zero. Order matters: 12 ÷ 3 is not 3 ÷ 12.

### In the corpora

- [The softer /zhun/ sound is usually spelled -sion: television, division, decision.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/22/)
- [Division answers two questions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/132-sharing-and-grouping/0/)
- [Check a division by multiplying back: 4 × 3 = 12.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/132-sharing-and-grouping/3/)
- [The rings have gaps, the biggest called the Cassini Division, cleared by the gravity of Saturn's moons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/12-saturn-and-its-rings/10/)
- [Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.136/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «division» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/division/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.