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How to spell division

Division is spelled D-I-V-I-S-I-O-N. It is DI plus vision: di + vision, with three I's in all.

What it means: The process of splitting numbers or things into equal parts.

In a sentence: The teacher showed us a fun division trick with apples. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: divided, dividing, subdivision, individual. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Division” comes from Latin *divisio*, from *dividere* meaning “to separate” or “to divide.” Over time, the word developed many meanings, including this specialized naval sense for a group of ships of similar type.

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