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   Di·vide

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   verb

   • 1. separate or be separated into parts: "consumer magazines can be divided into a number of different categories" Similar splitcut upcleavecarve upslice upchop upsplit updissectbisecthalvequarterarchaic:sunderriverare:fractionatedisjoindivergeseparatepartbranchbranch offforksplitsplit in twogo in different directionsgo separate waystechnical:divaricatebifurcatefurcateramifyclassifysortsort outcategorizeordergrouppigeonholegraderankorganizearrangedisposeseparatesegregatepartitionOpposite unifyjoinconvergecombine
   • ▪ separate (something) into portions and distribute a share to each of a number of people: "Jack divided up the rest of the cash" Similar share outallocateallotapportionportion outration outmeasure outmete outparcel outdeal outdole outhand outdistributedispensesplitcarve upslice upbreak upinformal:divvy updish outrare:admeasure
   • ▪ allocate (different parts of one's time, attention, or efforts) to different activities or places: "the last years of her life were divided between Bermuda and Paris"
   • ▪ form a boundary between (two people or things): "the artificial barrier that has divided an academic education from a vocational one" Similar separatesegregatepartitiondetachdisconnectscreen offsection offsplit offdemarcatedistinguishseverrendOpposite unifyjoin
   • ▪ (of a legislative assembly) separate or be separated into two groups for voting: "the House divided: 287 for, 196 against"
   • 2. disagree or cause to disagree: "the question had divided Frenchmen since the Revolution"
   • 3. find how many times (a number) contains another: "36 divided by 2 equals 18"
   • ▪ (of a number) be susceptible of division without a remainder: "30 does not divide by 8"
   • ▪ find how many times (a number) is contained in another: "divide 4 into 20"
   • ▪ (of a number) be contained in a number without a remainder: "3 divides into 15"

   noun

   • 1. a wide divergence between two groups, typically producing tension or hostility: "there was still a profound cultural divide between the parties"
   • ▪ a boundary between two things: "symbolically, the difference of sex is a divide"
   • ▪ a ridge or line of high ground forming the division between two valleys or river systems.

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Latin dividere ‘force apart, remove’. The noun dates from the mid 17th century.

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   to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off. Synonyms: shear, sever. to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion. Synonyms: portion, partition. to cleave; part. to separate in opinion or feeling; cause to disagree: The issue divided the senators. Synonyms: estrange, alienate. to distinguish the kinds of; classify.

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