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Meaning & Definition of Divide in English

English

Divide

/dɪvaɪd/

noun

1. A serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

synonym:
  • divide

2. A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

synonym:
  • watershed,
  • water parting,
  • divide

verb

1. Separate into parts or portions

  • "Divide the cake into three equal parts"
  • "The british carved up the ottoman empire after world war i"
synonym:
  • divide,
  • split,
  • split up,
  • separate,
  • dissever,
  • carve up

2. Perform a division

  • "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
synonym:
  • divide,
  • fraction

3. Act as a barrier between

  • Stand between
  • "The mountain range divides the two countries"
synonym:
  • separate,
  • divide

4. Come apart

  • "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
synonym:
  • separate,
  • divide,
  • part

5. Make a division or separation

synonym:
  • separate,
  • divide

6. Force, take, or pull apart

  • "He separated the fighting children"
  • "Moses parted the red sea"
synonym:
  • separate,
  • disunite,
  • divide,
  • part

Examples of using

We can divide the work into three parts.
Please divide the pizza into three parts.
Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.