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divide
[ dih-vahyd ]
verb (used with object)
- to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
Antonyms:
- to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off.
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- to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion.
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- to cleave; part.
- to separate in opinion or feeling; cause to disagree:
The issue divided the senators.
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- to distinguish the kinds of; classify.
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- Mathematics.
- to separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division; apply the mathematical process of division to:
Eight divided by four is two.
- to be a divisor of, without a remainder.
- to mark a uniform scale on (a ruler, thermometer, etc.).
- British Government. to separate (a legislature, assembly, etc.) into two groups in ascertaining the vote on a question.
verb (used without object)
- to become divided or separated.
- to share something with others.
- to diverge; branch; fork:
The road divides six miles from here.
- to perform the mathematical process of division:
He could add and subtract but hadn't learned to divide.
- British Government. to vote by separating into two groups.
noun
- a division:
a divide in the road.
- Physical Geography. the line or zone of higher ground between two adjacent streams or drainage basins.
- Archaic. the act of dividing.
divide
/ »åɪˈ±¹²¹Éª»å /
verb
- to separate or be separated into parts or groups; split up; part
- to share or be shared out in parts; distribute
- to diverge or cause to diverge in opinion or aim
the issue divided the management
- tr to keep apart or be a boundary between
the Rio Grande divides Mexico from the United States
- intr (in Parliament and similar legislatures) to vote by separating into two groups
- to categorize; classify
- to calculate the quotient of (one number or quantity) and (another number or quantity) by division
to divide 10 into 50
to divide 50 by 10
to divide by 10
- intr to diverge
the roads divide
- tr to mark increments of (length, angle, etc) as by use of an engraving machine
noun
- an area of relatively high ground separating drainage basins; watershed See also continental divide
- a division; split
divide
/ »åÄ-±¹Ä«»å′ /
- To subject (a number) to the process of division.
- To be a divisor of.
- To use (a number) as a divisor.
- To perform the operation of division.
- To undergo cell division.
Derived Forms
- »å¾±Ëˆ±¹¾±»å²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾¾±²õd¾±Â·±¹¾±»å±ð verb misdivided misdividing
- ±è°ù±ðd¾±Â·±¹¾±»å±ð verb (used with object) predivided predividing
- °ù±ðd¾±Â·±¹¾±»å±ð verb redivided redividing
- ³Ü²Ôd¾±Â·±¹¾±»åi²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of divide1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of divide1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
A disgraced Yoon is now stripped of his power, but he leaves behind an ever more divided South Korea.
“The film is a roller coaster, which has divided audiences,†Ezban admits.
It could also divide society, creating a demand so intense that the supply could never match it.
His top priority since taking power has been to unite a bitterly divided Syria, and pacify external relations with its neighbours, while he cements his power and control.
By giving up the intersectional vision of the original abolitionist feminists, it leads to a divide in the movement.
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