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Detailed Synonyms for divide in English

divide:

to divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)

  1. to divide
    to divide; to parcel out; lot
    • divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)
    • parcel out verb (parcels out, parcelled out, parcelling out)
    • lot verb
  2. to divide
    to divide; to divorce; to separate; to cleave; to sever; to part; to crack
    • divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)
    • divorce verb (divorces, divorced, divorcing)
    • separate verb (separates, separated, separating)
    • cleave verb (cleaves, cleft, cleaving)
    • sever verb (severs, severed, severing)
    • part verb (parts, parted, parting)
    • crack verb (cracks, cracked, cracking)
    to split
    – discontinue an association or relation; go different ways 1
    • split verb (splits, split, splitting)
  3. to divide
    to split; to divide; to fritter away; cut up in pieces; to separate; to cut up
  4. to divide
    to divide; to break up; disrupt; disunite
  5. to divide
    – perform a division 1
    to divide; fraction
    – perform a division 1
    • divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)
      • Can you divide 49 by seven?1
    • fraction verb
  6. to divide
    – force, take, or pull apart 1
    to divide; to separate; to part; disunite
    – force, take, or pull apart 1
    • divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)
    • separate verb (separates, separated, separating)
      • He separated the fighting children1
    • part verb (parts, parted, parting)
      • Moses parted the Red Sea1
    • disunite verb
  7. to divide
    – come apart 1
    to divide; to separate; to part
    – come apart 1
    • divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)
    • separate verb (separates, separated, separating)
      • The two pieces that we had glued separated1
    • part verb (parts, parted, parting)
  8. to divide
    – make a division or separation 1
    to divide; to separate
    – make a division or separation 1
    • divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)
    • separate verb (separates, separated, separating)
  9. to divide
    – separate into parts or portions 1
    to divide; to separate; to split; to split up; carve up; dissever
    – separate into parts or portions 1
    • divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)
      • divide the cake into three equal parts1
    • separate verb (separates, separated, separating)
    • split verb (splits, split, splitting)
    • split up verb (splits up, split up, splitting up)
    • carve up verb
    • dissever verb
  10. to divide
    – act as a barrier between; stand between 1
    to divide; to separate
    – act as a barrier between; stand between 1
    • divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)
      • The mountain range divides the two countries1
    • separate verb (separates, separated, separating)
  11. to divide
    – To combine two or more shapes or paths to result in a single compound path where overlapping areas are split apart. If you release the compound path, the individual shapes are put into their own path objects. 2
    to divide
    – To combine two or more shapes or paths to result in a single compound path where overlapping areas are split apart. If you release the compound path, the individual shapes are put into their own path objects. 2
    • divide verb (divides, divided, dividing)

Conjugations for divide:

present
  1. divide
  2. divide
  3. divides
  4. divide
  5. divide
  6. divide
simple past
  1. divided
  2. divided
  3. divided
  4. divided
  5. divided
  6. divided
present perfect
  1. have divided
  2. have divided
  3. has divided
  4. have divided
  5. have divided
  6. have divided
past continuous
  1. was dividing
  2. were dividing
  3. was dividing
  4. were dividing
  5. were dividing
  6. were dividing
future
  1. shall divide
  2. will divide
  3. will divide
  4. shall divide
  5. will divide
  6. will divide
continuous present
  1. am dividing
  2. are dividing
  3. is dividing
  4. are dividing
  5. are dividing
  6. are dividing
subjunctive
  1. be divided
  2. be divided
  3. be divided
  4. be divided
  5. be divided
  6. be divided
diverse
  1. divide!
  2. let's divide!
  3. divided
  4. dividing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

divide [the ~] noun

  1. the divide
    – a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems 1
    the divide; the watershed; the water parting
    – a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems 1
  2. the divide
    – a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) 1
    the divide
    – a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) 1

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Related Definitions for "divide":

  1. a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems1
  2. a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)1
  3. perform a division1
    • Can you divide 49 by seven?1
  4. force, take, or pull apart1
  5. come apart1
  6. make a division or separation1
  7. separate into parts or portions1
    • divide the cake into three equal parts1
  8. act as a barrier between; stand between1
    • The mountain range divides the two countries1
  9. To combine two or more shapes or paths to result in a single compound path where overlapping areas are split apart. If you release the compound path, the individual shapes are put into their own path objects.2

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