premier division

collocation in English

meaningsofpremieranddivision

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premier
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprem.i.ər/us
/prɪˈmɪr/
best or ...
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division
noun
uk
/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of separating something into parts or groups, or the way that it ...
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(Definition ofpremieranddivisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is true of the clubs at the top of thepremierdivision, but for the rest the scene is very different.
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Scots are familiar with the word "premier", as we talk about thepremierdivisionand premier quality.
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We are out of thepremierdivisionand the first division.
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Unlike our football team, we have always stayed in thepremierdivisionin terms of resort attractions.
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Britain, instead of taking its proper place at the top of thepremierdivision, will have relegated itself to the second division.
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I am sure that we would all agree that he is in thepremierdivisionand of premier quality, although there is nothing divisive about him.
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That makes apremierdivisionfor museums.
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The team of each league with the most points qualifies and advances into thepremierdivision.
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This would also mark the first time a two-stroke machine had won thepremierdivision.
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The senior team continued to improve and made an appearance in the league'spremierdivisionin 2010 before being relegated again.
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Thepremierdivisionwith only 10 clubs and the second division with only 3 clubs.
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The team has had unsuccessful bids for promotion to thepremierdivisionin 1972, 1979, 1981 and 1983.
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In the 1972-73 season, he played in thepremierdivision.
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The club then followed this success the next season with promotion back to thepremierdivision.
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However, the club went back to thepremierdivisionfor the 199192 season.
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In 1976, the track featured late-model stock cars as itspremierdivisionand it remains so to this day.
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The club then spent the fourteen seasons between thepremierdivisionand division one.
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However, their ground was deemed not acceptable for the league'spremierdivision.
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Historically the league has operated with a first orpremierdivisionand a second division.
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The club then won thepremierdivisionthree seasons later in the 195859 campaign.
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