Divide Definition

dĭ-vīd
divided, divides, dividing
verb
divided, divides, dividing
To separate into parts; split up; sever.
Webster's New World
To separate into groups in voting on a question.
Webster's New World
To form a border or barrier between.
A mountain chain divides France and Spain.
American Heritage
To differ in opinion; disagree.
Webster's New World
To separate into groups; classify.
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noun
divides
A division; boundary.
Webster's New World
The act of dividing.
Webster's New World
A ridge that divides two drainage areas; watershed.
Webster's New World
A thing that divides.
Stay on your side of the divide, please.
Wiktionary
A distancing between two people or things.
There is a great divide between us.
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Origin of Divide

  • Middle English dividen from Latin dīvidere dī-, dis- dis- -videre to separate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin dīvidō (“divide”)

    From Wiktionary

Divide Sentence Examples

  • These lessees are usually speculators, who divide and sub-let the estate.

  • Meanwhile the political parties which were to divide the new Duma had taken shape.

  • While they were collecting troops in order to enforce their threats, John on his part tried to divide his enemies by a concession to the clerical section.

  • Meanwhile the Guelph and Ghibelline factions were beginning to divide Italy into minute parcels.

  • They are very sluggish and do not divide.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIV

Words Ending With

EDEIDE

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Words Starting With D and Ending With E

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