divide

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /dɪˈvaɪd/

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Verb

Plain form divide

Third-person singular divides

Past tense divided

Past participle divided

Present participle dividing

A road sign showing a road will divide

1. (transitive) When you divide a thing you separate it into two or more other things.

   The children divide their books so they all have at least one.

2. (intransitive) (mathematics) When you divide one number into another, you are computing into how many equal parts one number can be separated from the other.

   2 divides into 6 exactly 3 times.

   Six divided by two is three.

3. (intransitive) When a thing divides, it changes from one to more than one.

   The river divided into two.

Noun

Singular divide

Plural divides

1. (countable) A divide is a place where two or more things are separated.

   There is a divide between the those who have money and those who are poor.

Related words

• division

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