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D0303700 (dĭ-vīd′)v. di·vid·ed, di·vid·ing, di·vides v.tr.1. a. To separate into parts, sections, groups, or branches: divided the students into four groups. See Synonyms at separate.b. To form a border or barrier between: A mountain chain divides France and Spain.c. To sector into units of measurement; graduate: The ruler was divided into metric units.d. To group according to kind; classify or assign: divided the plants into different species.2. a. To cause to separate into opposing factions; disunite: "They want not to divide either the Revolution or the Church but to be an integral part of both" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).b. To cause (members of a parliament) to vote by separating into groups, as pro and con.3. To give out or apportion among a number: Volunteers divided the different jobs among themselves. See Synonyms at distribute.4. Mathematics a. To subject (a number) to the process of division: divided 20 by 4.b. To be a divisor of: 3 divides 9.c. To use (a number) as a divisor: divided 5 into 35.v.intr.1. a. To become separated into parts: The mixture will divide into several layers if left unagitated.b. To branch out, as a river or a blood vessel.c. To form into factions; take sides: The party divided evenly on the tax issue.d. To vote by dividing.2. Mathematics To perform the operation of division.3. Biology To undergo cell division.n.1. A dividing point or line: "would clearly tip the court ... across a dangerous constitutional divide" (Lawrence H. Tribe).2. See watershed.Idiom: divide and conquer1. To exploit one's opponents' internal rivalries or divisions so as to prevent them from unifying against oneself, so that they may be defeated one by one.2. To divide one's own forces or personnel so as to deal with different tasks simultaneously.

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[Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere : dī-, dis-, dis- + -videre, to separate.]

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di·vid′a·ble adj.

divide

(dɪˈvaɪd) vb1. to separate or be separated into parts or groups; split up; part2. to share or be shared out in parts; distribute3. to diverge or cause to diverge in opinion or aim: the issue divided the management. 4. (tr) to keep apart or be a boundary between: the Rio Grande divides Mexico from the United States. 5. (Parliamentary Procedure) (intr) (in Parliament and similar legislatures) to vote by separating into two groups6. to categorize; classify7. (Mathematics) to calculate the quotient of (one number or quantity) and (another number or quantity) by division: to divide 50 by 10; to divide 10 into 50; to divide by 10. 8. (intr) to diverge: the roads divide. 9. (Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to mark increments of (length, angle, etc) as by use of an engraving machinen10. (Physical Geography) chiefly US and Canadian an area of relatively high ground separating drainage basins; watershed. See also continental divide11. a division; split[C14: from Latin dīvidere to force apart, from di-² + vid- separate, from the source of viduus bereaved, vidua widow] diˈvidable adj

di•vide

(dɪˈvaɪd)

v. -vid•ed, -vid•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc. 2. to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off. 3. to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion. 4. to cleave; part. 5. to separate in opinion or feeling; cause to disagree: The issue divided the senators. 6. to distinguish the kinds of; classify. 7. a. to separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division; apply the mathematical process of division to. b. to be a divisor of, without a remainder. 8. to mark a uniform scale on (a ruler, thermometer, etc.). 9. to separate (a legislature or other assembly) into two groups in ascertaining the vote on a question. v.i. 10. to become divided or separated. 11. to share something with others. 12. to diverge; branch; fork. 13. to perform the mathematical process of division. 14. to vote by separating into two groups. n. 15. a division: a divide in the road. 16. the line or zone of higher ground between two adjacent streams or drainage basins. 17. Archaic. the act of dividing. [1325–75; Middle English (< Anglo-French divider) < Latin dīvidere to separate, divide] di•vid′a•ble, adj.

divide

Past participle: divided
Gerund: dividing

Imperative
divide
divide

Present
I divide
you divide
he/she/it divides
we divide
you divide
they divide

Preterite
I divided
you divided
he/she/it divided
we divided
you divided
they divided

Present Continuous
I am dividing
you are dividing
he/she/it is dividing
we are dividing
you are dividing
they are dividing

Present Perfect
I have divided
you have divided
he/she/it has divided
we have divided
you have divided
they have divided

Past Continuous
I was dividing
you were dividing
he/she/it was dividing
we were dividing
you were dividing
they were dividing

Past Perfect
I had divided
you had divided
he/she/it had divided
we had divided
you had divided
they had divided

Future
I will divide
you will divide
he/she/it will divide
we will divide
you will divide
they will divide

Future Perfect
I will have divided
you will have divided
he/she/it will have divided
we will have divided
you will have divided
they will have divided

Future Continuous
I will be dividing
you will be dividing
he/she/it will be dividing
we will be dividing
you will be dividing
they will be dividing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dividing
you have been dividing
he/she/it has been dividing
we have been dividing
you have been dividing
they have been dividing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dividing
you will have been dividing
he/she/it will have been dividing
we will have been dividing
you will have been dividing
they will have been dividing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dividing
you had been dividing
he/she/it had been dividing
we had been dividing
you had been dividing
they had been dividing

Conditional
I would divide
you would divide
he/she/it would divide
we would divide
you would divide
they would divide

Past Conditional
I would have divided
you would have divided
he/she/it would have divided
we would have divided
you would have divided
they would have divided

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	divide - a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)disagreement, dissonance, dissension - a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
	2.	divide - a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systemswater parting, watershedline - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extentcontinental divide - the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
Verb	1.	divide - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"carve up, dissever, split, split up, separatechange integrity - change in physical make-upsubdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"initialise, initialize, format - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country"triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as unitslot - divide into lots, as of land, for exampleparcel - divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splintersparagraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed"canton - divide into cantons, of a countryBalkanise, Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile statesunite, unify - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
	2.	divide - perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"fractionarithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculationscompute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computationhalve - divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake"quarter - divide by four; divide into quartersmultiply - combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"
	3.	divide - act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"separate
	4.	divide - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"part, separatechange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"subdivide - form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"polarise, polarize - become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situationcalve, break up - release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"disjoin, disjoint - become separated, disconnected or disjointcome away, come off, detach - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"segregate - divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"segment - divide or split up; "The cells segmented"reduce - undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"section, segment - divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"partition, partition off - divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"discerp, dismember, take apart - divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"gerrymander - divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
	5.	divide - make a division or separationseparatepartition, zone - separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"break up, dissipate, scatter, dispel, disperse - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"rail off, rail - separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"detach - separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"close off, shut off - isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"
	6.	divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"disunite, separate, partcompartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up - separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"polarise, polarize - cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positionskeep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate, sequester - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"disjoin, disjoint - make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining ofdisarticulate, disjoint - separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfastencut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"joint - separate (meat) at the jointgin - separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton ginbreak - separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers"sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

divide

verb1. separate, part, split, cut (up), sever, partition, shear, segregate, cleave, subdivide, bisect, split off, demarcate, sunder the artificial line that divided the city
separate unite, join, combine, connect, marry, knit, come together, splice2. (sometimes with up) share, distribute, allocate, portion, dispense, allot, mete, dole out, apportion, deal out, measure out, divvy (up) (informal) Divide the soup among four bowls.3. split, break up, alienate, embroil, come between, disunite, estrange, sow dissension, cause to disagree, set at variance or odds, set or pit against one another She has done more to divide the group than anyone else.noun1. breach, gulf, gap, rift, abyss, cleft, hiatus the great divide between generationsdivide something up group, sort, separate, arrange, grade, classify, categorize The idea is to divide up the country into four sectors.Quotations
"Divide and rule" [Philip of Macedon]

divide

verb1. To make a division into parts, sections, or branches:break up, dissever, part, partition, section, segment, separate.2. To separate into branches or branchlike parts:bifurcate, branch (out), diverge, fork, ramify, subdivide.3. To become or cause to become apart one from another:break, detach, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divorce, part, separate, split (up).Idioms: part company, set at odds.4. To give out in portions or shares:deal (out), dispense, distribute, dole out, parcel out, portion (out), ration (out), share.Slang: divvy.

Translations

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divide

(diˈvaid) verb1. to separate into parts or groups. The wall divided the garden in two; The group divided into three when we got off the bus; We are divided (= We do not agree) as to where to spend our holidays. 分割，劃分，意見分歧 分，划分，意见分歧 2. (with between or among) to share. We divided the sweets between us. 分享 分享3. to find out how many times one number contains another. 6 divided by 2 equals 3. 被除(盡) 被除（尽） diˈviders noun plural a measuring instrument used in geometry. 圓規 圆规divisible (diˈvizəbl) adjective able to be divided. 100 is divisible by 4. 可除盡的 可除尽的division (diˈviʒən) noun1. (an) act of dividing. 分開 分开2. something that separates; a dividing line. a ditch marks the division between their two fields. 間隔物，分界線 间隔物，分界线 3. a part or section (of an army etc). He belongs to B division of the local police force. (軍事)師 （军事）师 4. (a) separation of thought; disagreement. 想法分歧，意見不和 想法分歧，意见不一致 5. the finding of how many times one number is contained in another. 除法 除法divisional (diˈviʒənl) adjective of a division. The soldier contacted divisional headquarters. 師的，分區的 师的，分区的

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