See Also: divide 1, verb(dictionary)
divide(medicine)
divide(1)(dictionary)
divide(2)(dictionary)
Continental Divide(encyclopedia)
divide 2, noun(dictionary)
Continental Divide(dictionary)
Divide et Empera(money)
Great Divide(dictionary)
North/South divide, the(dictionary)

divide 1, verb (oh)



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1 ?separate?
2 ?keep separate?
3 ?share?
4 ?spend time/energy?
5 ?mathematics?
6 ?disagree?
7 divide and rule/conquer
8 divided loyalties
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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: dividere, from videre 'to separate']
?SEPARATE?
[I and T] if something divides, or if you divide it, it separates into two or more parts
divide sth into sth
::Scientists traditionally divide the oceans into zones.
::The book is divided into six sections.
divide into
::Here, the river divides into three channels.
?KEEP SEPARATE?
also divide off
[T] to keep two areas separate from each other
::The Wall used to divide East and West Berlin.
divide sth from sth
::Only a thin curtain divided her cabin from his.
?SHARE?
also divide up
[T] to separate something into parts and share them between people
divide sth between/among sb/sth
::The money will be divided equally among the charities.
?SPEND TIME/ENERGY?
[T] if you divide your time, energy etc between different activities or places, you spend part of your time doing each activity or in each place
divide sth between sth/sb
::She divides her time between New York and Paris.
?MATHEMATICS?
a) [T] to calculate how many times one number contains a smaller number
-see also multiply multiply divide sth by sth
::If you divide 21 by 3, you get 7.
::'What's six divided by three?' 'Two'.
b) [I] to be contained exactly in a number one or more times
divide into
::8 divides into 64.
?DISAGREE?
[T] to make people disagree so that they form groups with different opinions
::The issue of cloning has sharply divided voters.
divide and rule/conquer
to defeat or control people by making them argue with each other instead of opposing you
divided loyalties
a feeling you have when two people you like have argued and you are not sure which person you should support
::Divorce is an agony of divided loyalties for children.
-- divided adj
::a deeply divided society
::The committee was divided over the proposal.