English Explanatory Dictionary

divide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
  2. To share (something) by dividing it.
  3. To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
  4. To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
  5. To be a divisor of.
  6. To separate into two or more parts.
  7. Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
  8. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
  9. To break friendship; to fall out.
  10. To have a share; to partake.
  11. To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
  12. To mark divisions on; to graduate.
noun
  1. A thing that divides.
  2. An act of dividing.
  3. A distancing between two people or things.
  4. A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
  5. The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈvaɪd/ en-us-divide.ogg

Word forms

divide divides dividing divided no-table-tags glossary dividest dividedst divideth

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Italic *wiðō Latin *vidō Latin dīvidōder. Middle English dividen English divide PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan.

Synonyms

becut decide discerp disintegrate dispart dissever divide divorce divvy up part partition piecemeal rescind section sever split split up sunder cut up disunite divide up share share out apportion separate shear

Antonyms

annex coalesce combine join merge unify unite multiply

Related words

divisor divisive fraction fraction slash ⁄ fraction bar vinculum ratio ∶ division sign obelus ÷ division slash ∕ long division symbol division bracket )‾ |‾ disconnect distribute divisible separate separation quotient remainder dividend division

Derived words

continental divide Delmar Divide digital divide dividability dividable divide and choose divide and conquer divide and rule Divide County divider divide the House divide up divvy up dividing engine divvy drainage divide misdivide overdivide redivide serodivide subdivide water divide cultural divide great divide
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