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divide

[ dih-vahyd ]

verb (used with object)

divided, dividing.
  1. to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.

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

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

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  4. to cleave; part.
  5. to separate in opinion or feeling; cause to disagree:

    The issue divided the senators.

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  6. to distinguish the kinds of; classify.

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  7. Mathematics.
    1. to separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division; apply the mathematical process of division to:

      Eight divided by four is two.

    2. to be a divisor of, without a remainder.
  8. to mark a uniform scale on (a ruler, thermometer, etc.).
  9. British Government. to separate (a legislature, assembly, etc.) into two groups in ascertaining the vote on a question.


verb (used without object)

divided, dividing.
  1. to become divided or separated.
  2. to share something with others.
  3. to diverge; branch; fork:

    The road divides six miles from here.

  4. to perform the mathematical process of division:

    He could add and subtract but hadn't learned to divide.

  5. British Government. to vote by separating into two groups.

noun

  1. a division:

    a divide in the road.

  2. Physical Geography. the line or zone of higher ground between two adjacent streams or drainage basins.
  3. Archaic. the act of dividing.

divide

/ 诲瑟藞惫补瑟诲 /

verb

  1. to separate or be separated into parts or groups; split up; part
  2. to share or be shared out in parts; distribute
  3. to diverge or cause to diverge in opinion or aim

    the issue divided the management

  4. tr to keep apart or be a boundary between

    the Rio Grande divides Mexico from the United States

  5. intr (in Parliament and similar legislatures) to vote by separating into two groups
  6. to categorize; classify
  7. 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

  8. intr to diverge

    the roads divide

  9. tr to mark increments of (length, angle, etc) as by use of an engraving machine
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an area of relatively high ground separating drainage basins; watershed See also continental divide
  2. a division; split
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

divide

  1. To subject (a number) to the process of division.
  2. To be a divisor of.
  3. To use (a number) as a divisor.
  4. To perform the operation of division.
  5. To undergo cell division.
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Derived Forms

  • 诲颈藞惫颈诲补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘颈蝉顎卍颈路惫颈诲别顎 verb misdivided misdividing
  • 辫谤别顎卍颈路惫颈诲别顎 verb (used with object) predivided predividing
  • 谤别顎卍颈路惫颈诲别顎 verb redivided redividing
  • 耻苍顎卍颈路惫颈诲顎僫苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of divide1

First recorded 1325鈥75; Middle English (from Anglo-French divider ), from Latin 诲墨惫颈诲别谤别 鈥渢o separate, divide鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of divide1

C14: from Latin 诲墨惫颈诲别谤别 to force apart, from di- 虏 + vid- separate, from the source of viduus bereaved, vidua widow
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The Tony Award nominations, announced Thursday morning in New York, reflect the split screen reality of a Broadway season divided by mavericks and mega-stars.

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It marks another fault-line in Syria, which has been left fractured and divided in the wake of 13 years of devastating civil war and decades of authoritarian rule by the Assad dynasty.

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鈥淟ike most things in the city, we have divided them into silos, and people who come through our doors saying 鈥業 need help鈥 are then given a scavenger hunt to perform,鈥 Hale said.

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Harris said while some use fear to divide and conquer, the animals demonstrated the power of standing together.

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She said her town had "always been a symbol of peaceful coexistence", but that "it seems that sectarian incitement and foreign schemes aimed at dividing Syria are stronger".

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