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
First recorded 1325–75; Middle English (from Anglo-French divider), from Latin dīvidere “to separate, divide”
SYNONYMS FOR divide
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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synonym study for divide
1. See separate.
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
Some school districts quickly mobilized to bridge that digital divide.
Creative school plans could counter inequities exposed by COVID-19|Sujata Gupta|September 8, 2020|Science News
My point here is, over the period of the pandemic, a digital divide has been created between the haves and the have nots.
Podcast: How a 135-year-old law lets India shutdown the internet|Anthony Green|September 2, 2020|MIT Technology Review
One of the most important divides in Minnesota politics is between the diverse, cosmopolitan Twin Cities metro area and “Greater Minnesota,” whose residents often feel short-changed relative to the metro.
Why Minnesota Could Be The Next Midwestern State To Go Red|Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com)|August 31, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
I firmly believe that some of the comments that he makes aren’t helpful in bridging the divide.
Full Transcript: Sean Spicer on ‘The Carlos Watson Show’|Daniel Malloy|August 26, 2020|Ozy
It actually ignores what we already know, which is that the pandemic exposed all of these digital divides in education.
The UK exam debacle reminds us that algorithms can’t fix broken systems|Karen Hao|August 20, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Bridging the divide between the police and those who distrust them will take more than protests and symbolic gestures.
How to Solve the Policing Crisis|Keli Goff|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Divide batter into prepared ramekins, place ramekins on a baking sheet, and bake about 20 minutes.
It was a difficult problem to divide that very irregular polygon into two equal parts.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7|Charles H. Sylvester
What, then, could have happened to divide them so completely?
The Stowmarket Mystery|Louis Tracy
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 aimthe issue divided the management
(tr)to keep apart or be a boundary betweenthe 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 divisionto divide 50 by 10; to divide 10 into 50; to divide by 10
(intr)to divergethe roads divide
(tr)to mark increments of (length, angle, etc) as by use of an engraving machine
noun
mainlyUS and Canadianan area of relatively high ground separating drainage basins; watershedSee 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, viduawidow