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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

action go
something done (usually as opposed to something said)

change go
the action of changing something

change of integrity go
the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something

separation go
the act of dividing or disconnecting

division
the act or process of dividing

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14 Subcategories

parcellation go
the division into parcels
cleavage go
the act of cleaving or splitting
bisection go
dividing into two equal parts
quartering go
dividing into four equal parts
schism, split go
division of a group into opposing factions
cut, cutting go
the act of cutting something into parts
atomization, atomisation, fragmentation go
separating something into fine particles
branching, ramification, fork, forking go
the act of branching out or dividing into branches
dichotomization, dichotomisation go
the act of dividing into two sharply different categories
quantization, quantisation go
the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory
fractionation go
separation into portions
syllabication, syllabification go
forming or dividing words into syllables
hyphenation, word division go
division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page
cut, cutting go
the division of a deck of cards before dealing