divide

[ dih-vahyd ]

/ dɪˈvaɪd /

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verb (used with object), di·vid·ed, di·vid·ing.

to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.

to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off.

to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion.

to cleave; part.

to separate in opinion or feeling; cause to disagree: The issue divided the senators.

to distinguish the kinds of; classify.

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), di·vid·ed, di·vid·ing.

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.

Origin of divide

1325–75; Middle English (< Anglo-French divider) < Latin dīvidere to separate, divide

SYNONYMS FOR divide

1 See separate.

2 sever, shear.

3 partition, portion.

5 alienate, estrange.

6 sort, arrange, distribute.

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ANTONYMS FOR divide

1 unite.

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OTHER WORDS FROM divide

mis·di·vide, verb, mis·di·vid·ed, mis·di·vid·ing. pre·di·vide, verb (used with object), pre·di·vid·ed, pre·di·vid·ing. re·di·vide, verb, re·di·vid·ed, re·di·vid·ing. un·di·vid·ing, adjective

Words nearby divide

divestiture, divi, divi-divi, divid., dividable, divide, divide and conquer, divided, divided highway, dividend, dividend cover

Example sentences from the Web for divide

Bridging the divide between the police and those who distrust them will take more than protests and symbolic gestures.

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Divide batter into prepared ramekins, place ramekins on a baking sheet, and bake about 20 minutes.

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Divide the dough in half and very gently pat each half into a round 1-inch-thick disk.

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“You can castigate the leaders; you can try and divide us by generation,” he said.

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There is an extreme demonstration of this divide in the nation.

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It then forms the divide between the Cauca and Atrato valleys, and terminates near the Caribbean coast.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 |Various
It was a difficult problem to divide that very irregular polygon into two equal parts.

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What, then, could have happened to divide them so completely?

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If only there had been another to divide all those expectations.

The Thing from the Lake |Eleanor M. Ingram
We may find that we can so divide our entity that we can be conscious of a double-brain existence in a dual action.

Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.--No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for divide

divide

/ (dɪˈvaɪd) /

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 and Canadian an area of relatively high ground separating drainage basins; watershed See also continental divide

a division; split

Derived forms of divide

dividable, adjective

Word Origin for divide

C14: from Latin dīvidere to force apart, from di- ² + vid- separate, from the source of viduus bereaved, vidua widow

Medical definitions for divide

divide

[ dĭ-vīd′ ]

v.

To separate or become separated into parts, sections, groups, or branches.

To sector into units of measurement; graduate.

To separate and group according to kind; classify.

To branch out, as a blood vessel.

To undergo cell division.

Scientific definitions for divide

divide

[ dĭ-vīd′ ]

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.

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divide

verb (used with object), di·vid·ed, di·vid·ing.

verb (used without object), di·vid·ed, di·vid·ing.

noun

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verb

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divide

verb (used with object), di·vid·ed, di·vid·ing.

verb (used without object), di·vid·ed, di·vid·ing.

noun

Origin of divide

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