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Meaning of divide

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

divide

Pronunciation:/dɪˈvaɪd/

noun

Definitions

  1. A thing that divides.

    Example: Stay on your side of the divide, please.

  2. An act of dividing.

    Example: The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.

  3. A distancing between two people or things.

    Example: There is a great divide between us.

  4. A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.

    Example: If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first.

verb

Definitions

  1. To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

    Example: a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns

  2. To share (something) by dividing it.

    Example: 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).

    Example: If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2.

  4. To be a divisor of.

    Example: 3 divides 6.