divide

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

divide

past (v2)

divided

past participle (v3)

divided

present participle

dividing

3rd person singular

divides

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

divides

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

   • Divide the living child in two.

2. 2.To separate into two or more parts.

3. 3.To share (something) by dividing it.

   • How shall we divide this pie?

4. 4.To cause (a group of people) to disagree.

   • Words divide us; Wiktionary unites us.
   • It is a debate that divides Americans as evenly as any of the great political issues of the day. Should they leave their butter on the counter, or must they keep it in the fridge?

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.An act of dividing.

   • The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.
   • The extended instruction set may double the speed again if a lot of multiplies and divides are done.

2. 2.A distancing between two people or things.

   • There is a great divide between us.
   • Republicans and Democrats interpret individualism differently, and those divides are more pronounced than ever in our deeply polarized political climate.

3. 3.A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.

   • If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first.
   • The team crossed streams and jumped across deep, narrow divides in the glacier.

4. 4.A thing that divides.

   • Stay on your side of the divide, please.

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Antonyms

• unite

Synonyms

• separate
• split