To separate or be separated into parts
“A clever solution has one brother divide the cake, while the other brother gets to choose which half he wants.”
To share or be shared out in parts
“The other method was to divide profits among partners according to their individual productivity.”
To form a boundary between (two people or things)
“A bi-fold door is used to divide the living room from the home's exterior.”
To diverge into two or more separate paths
“The road would divide at Amguid, the main line going in a southeasterly to the Lake Tchad region.”
To categorize a group based on type or class
“The agenda is to divide students based on their academic achievement.”
To cause disagreement or fractions within a group
“Your inflammatory rhetoric serves only to divide an already fractured group.”
To disagree on a given issue or concept
“I was rather startled by how people would sharply divide along political lines.”
To break up into small pieces as the result of impact
To cause to feel less close or friendly
To cut or divide into parts
To mark the limits or boundaries of something
To redistribute or reallocate
To separate, sift, analyze, or test in this manner
To reckon or calculate
To interrupt or intrude on a conversation or activity
Cut carefully with sharp instrument
To emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of
Have a heated argument or disagreement
To differ, especially based on a type or class
To estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between
A boundary or gap between two things, sometimes figuratively
“The divide between our skillsets ensures that our roles within the partnership are clearly defined.”
A difference or disagreement between two or more groups or concepts
“There's a big divide between acting on stage and acting on film.”
A partition or line of demarcation
Any of the parts of something that divides from a main section or line
An event or discovery marking an important stage or turning point in something
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