Hyphenation of division

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word division? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

di-vi-sion

Definitions of division:

1.	An army unit large enough to sustain combat Two infantry divisions were held in reserve
2.	One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole The written part of the exam The finance section of the company The BBC's engineering division
3.	The act or process of dividing
4.	An administrative unit in government or business
5.	Discord that splits a group
6.	A league ranked by quality He played baseball in class D for two years Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA
7.	(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
8.	(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
9.	A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
10.	A group of ships of similar type
11.	An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication The quotient of two numbers is computed
12.	The act of dividing or partitioning Separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Synonyms of division:

noun	army unit
noun	part, section, concept, conception, construct
noun	separation
noun	administrative unit, administrative body
noun	arithmetic operation
noun	variance, discord, dissension
noun	class, league, conference
noun	biological group
noun	phylum
noun	air division, air unit
noun	naval division, naval unit
noun	partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation, separation

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.