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Divide

/dɪˈvaɪd/

A thing that divides.

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📖 Definitions of "Divide"

noun

1
A thing that divides.
"Stay on your side of the divide, please."
2
An act of dividing.
"The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property."
3
A distancing between two people or things.
"There is a great divide between us."
4
A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
"If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first."

verb

1
To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
"a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns"
2
To share (something) by dividing it.
"How shall we divide this pie?"
3
(with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
"If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2."
4
To be a divisor of.
"3 divides 6."

🔄 Synonyms of "Divide"

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
partnoun	A portion; a component.
separateverb	(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
splitverb	(transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
disseververb	To separate (two or more things); to split apart (something).
disuniteverb	(transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
watershednoun	(hydrology, US, Canada) A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
split upverb	(intransitive, idiomatic, Of a group of people) Cease to be together, break apart from the group.
water partingnoun	Synonym of watershed, the ridge(s) separating rainfall into different streams.
carve upverb	To cut into pieces.
fractionnoun	A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.

↔️ Antonyms of "Divide"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
uniteverb	(transitive) To bring together as one.
unifyverb	(transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.
multiplyverb	(transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Divide"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
fractionnoun	A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
partnoun	A portion; a component.
splitverb	(transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
separateverb	(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
disuniteverb	(transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
disseververb	To separate (two or more things); to split apart (something).
split upverb	(intransitive, idiomatic, Of a group of people) Cease to be together, break apart from the group.
carve upverb	To cut into pieces.
watershednoun	(hydrology, US, Canada) A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
water partingnoun	Synonym of watershed, the ridge(s) separating rainfall into different streams.
partitionnoun	An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
divisionnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
partitioningnoun	The act or result of dividing into partitions; an arrangement of partitions.
subdivideverb	(ambitransitive) To divide into smaller sections.
divisionalnoun	Of or pertaining to a division.
ramifyverb	(ambitransitive) To divide into branches or subdivisions.
apportionverb	(transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
dichotomynoun	A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
sharenoun	To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
divisivenessnoun	The characteristic of being divisive.