divide (dɪˈvaɪd
)
Definitions
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 50 by 10
to divide 10 into 50
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
- mainly US Canadian an area of relatively high ground separating drainage basins; watershed See also continental divide
- a division; split
Alternative Forms
diˈvidable adjectiveWord Origin
C14: from Latin dīvidere to force apart, from di-² + vid- separate, from the source of viduus bereaved, viduawidowSynonyms
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separate,
part,
split,
cut (up)
sever,
partition,
shear,
segregate,
cleave,
subdivide,
bisect,
split off,
demarcate,
sunder,
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share,
distribute,
allocate,
portion,
dispense,
allot,
mete,
dole out,
apportion,
deal out,
measure out,
divvy (up)
Quotations
"Divide and rule"
Translations
- British English:
divide
If you divide something, you make it into smaller pieces.Divide the cake into four pieces.dɪˈvaɪd VERB Divide the cake into four pieces.
- Spanish:
dividir
v
- French:
diviser
vt
- German:
trennen
v
- Chinese: 分开 vt
- Arabic: يُقَسِّمُ vt
- Portuguese: dividir vt
- Russian: разделять vt
- Croatian: podijeliti v
- Czech: rozdělit vt rozdělovat
- Danish: dele v
- Dutch: verdelen vt
- Finnish: jakaa v
- Greek: διαιρώ v
- Italian: dividere v
- Japanese: 分ける v
- Korean: ...을 나누다 vt
- Norwegian: dele v
- Polish: podzielić vt dzielić
- Brazilian Portuguese: dividir vt
- European Spanish:
dividir
v
- Swedish: dela upp vt
- Thai: แบ่ง vt
- Turkish: bölmek vt
- Vietnamese: chia tách v
Usage examples
You could imagine an egg that failed to divide during meiosis.
, Grace (1989)Anglo-American divide : I think American men are more conscious of putting up a good impression.
Maxim (2004)Still, battle lines did not form along the North-South divide.
Globe and Mail (2003)The transport select committee will accuse rail regulators of slashing services and creating an even greater divide with the south.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)To make this procedure very simple, divide the house or room into nine imaginary squares.
, ROCKY SUNG'S GUIDE TO CHINESE ASTROLOGY AND FENG SHUI 2003 (2002)