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division
English
Etymology
From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin d?v?si?, d?v?si?nem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle d?v?sus (“divided”), from d?vid? (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??v???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)
- (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
- Synonyms: split, lith
- Antonyms: combination, fusion, merger, unification
- Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
- (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
- Antonym: multiplication
- (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
- (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
- Hyponyms: square division, triangular division
- A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
- (taxonomy) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
- A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
- (government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
- (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
- (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
- (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
- (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
- Hyponyms: identification division, environment division, data division, procedure division
- (Britain, Eton College) A lesson; a class.
- Synonym: (informal) div
Synonyms
- (taxonomy): divisio, phylum
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- separation
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
- denominator
- fraction
- numerator
Further reading
- division on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Noun
division c (singular definite divisionen, plural indefinite divisioner)
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Declension
Further reading
- “division” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from d?vid? (“divide”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.vi.zj??/
Noun
division f (plural divisions)
- division (act or process of dividing)
- (arithmetic) division
- (military) division
- division (subsection)
Related terms
- diviser
Further reading
- “division” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
division
- Alternative form of divisioun
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from d?vid? (“divide”)
Noun
division c
- division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
- (sports) division, league; an organization of sports teams that habitually play against each other for a championship; the level on which a certain team plays, as compared to others
Declension
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provision
English
Etymology
From Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin pr?v?si? (“preparation, foresight”), from pr?vid?re (“provide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???v??.?n/
- Hyphenation: pro?vi?sion
Noun
provision (countable and uncountable, plural provisions)
- An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
- Money set aside for a future event.
- (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
- (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- Synonyms: condition, stipulation
- (Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
- (Britain, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
Translations
Verb
provision (third-person singular simple present provisions, present participle provisioning, simple past and past participle provisioned)
- (transitive) To supply with provisions.
- to provision an army
- (transitive, computing) To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.
Synonyms
- supply
- victual
Related terms
- deprovision
- direct provision
- ground provisions
- provisional
- provisionings
- provide
Translations
Finnish
Noun
provision
- Genitive singular form of provisio.
French
Etymology
From Latin pr?v?si? (“preparation, foresight”), from pr?vid?re (“provide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.vi.zj??/
Noun
provision f (plural provisions)
- provision
Derived terms
- approvisionner
Further reading
- “provision” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- poivrions
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French provision (“provision”).
Noun
provision
- provision
Middle English
Noun
provision
- Alternative form of provisioun
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