division - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • transcend: Ultimately, if republicans are serious about creating a republic based on universal concepts of citizenship they need to transcend the old ethnic divisions.

Converse of subject

  • propagate: Cultivars should be propagated by division or cuttings only.

Adjective modifier

  • electoral: The Community of Lisvane forms the Lisvane electoral division of the County Council with 2,676 electors represented by 1 county councilor.
  • sectarian: He has written widely on the theme of sport and sectarian division.
  • 1st: Build up your own team with the 4 Basque soccer teams actually playing in the 1st Division of the Spanish League.
  • armored: This comprised of 45 divisions, including 7 armored divisions.
  • 3rd: The 3rd Division along with the 12th SP Brigade tried in vain to contain the US 7th Corps advance.
  • 4th: Currently the coalition command is deciding how better use the 4th Infantry Division.

Modifies a noun

  • cavalry: The division cavalry surgeon is also a qualified flight surgeon.
  • play-off: Report from FootyMad Ipswich Town will face West Ham United in the first division play-offs after a nervy afternoon at Portman Road.
  • commander: The division commander normally places at least one FA battalion in direct support of each committed maneuver brigade.

Noun used with modifier

  • infantry: Currently the coalition command is deciding how better use the 4th Infantry Division.
  • cavalry: The Cavalry division were kept in reserve under the command of General Edmund Allenby.
  • cell: The BLM protein plays a role in helping ensure that chromosomes are copied properly during cell division.
  • panzer: Our own attacking force will consist of thirty new Volksgrenadier divisions and new panzer divisions, plus panzer divisions from the eastern front.
  • th: As regards the 18 th Division, we arrived only carrying small arms.
  • publishing: The Government have noted the considerable interest in the proposed sale of the Scottish Media Group's publishing division.

Preposition: of

  • labor: Division of labor is central to our way of life.
  • labor: Schooling at Mont Clair must provide its students with access to careers within a highly complex division of labor.
  • Informatic: I'm a PhD student in the Division of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.

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