Collocations for "division"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "division" in context.
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division
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the division of [time, resources, labor]
- [time] division
- the division of the [days, time zones]
- a division of the [profits, takings, spoils]
- caused much division among [members, voters, students, workers]
- was a division on the [issue, question, matter]
- the [local, regional, provincial, state] division
- [an army, a marine, a military] division
- was assigned to his division
- is not [in, part of] my division
- works in the [sales, marketing, logistics] division
- play in the [first, second, third] division
- [promoted to, relegated from] the first division
- a division of [Christianity, Catholicism, Judaism]
- a division of the [Protestant, Evangelical] church
- the division between two [regions, countries, counties]
- make a division in the [living, dining] room
- make a division to [create, separate, maximize]
- need to [improve, work on] my division
- division and [multiplication, subtraction]
'division' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):