divide

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US /dɪˈvaɪd/ UK /dɪˈvaɪd/ See IPA manual

Freq #6390

Meanings

1

verb
To separate something into two or more parts.

We divided the cake into eight equal pieces.
2

verb
To share something between people.

They divided the prize money equally among the team.
3

verb
To work out how many times one number contains another.

If you divide 12 by 4, you get 3.
4

verb
To cause people to disagree and split into opposing groups.

The controversial plan divided the whole community.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to separate something into... splitsplit uppartition

2 verb · to share something between... share apportion

More becut decide discerp disintegrate dispart dissever divorce part piecemeal rescind section

Opposites

annex coalesce combine join merge unify unite

Word family

Forms dividesdividing

Derived forms dividabilitydividabledivider divvymisdivideoverdivideredivideserodividesubdivide

Related forms disconnect distribute divisible divisive divisor fractionobelusquotient ratio remainder separate separation

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Divide and conquer

Simplified etymology

Divide was adopted into Middle English from Latin dividere, “to force apart” or “remove.” Dividend comes from the same Latin root and originally meant “something to be divided,” while individual derives from a Latin formation meaning “not divisible.”

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Italic *wiðō Latin *vidō Latin dīvidōder. Middle English dividen English divide PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan.

*dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European dividen Middle English dīvidō Latin

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# divide

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈvaɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈvaɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 6390

## Meanings
1. To separate something into two or more parts.
2. To share something between people.
3. To work out how many times one number contains another.
4. To cause people to disagree and split into opposing groups.

## Examples
- We divided the cake into eight equal pieces.
- They divided the prize money equally among the team.
- If you divide 12 by 4, you get 3.
- The controversial plan divided the whole community.

## Synonyms
- becut
- decide
- discerp
- disintegrate
- dispart
- dissever
- divorce
- part
- partition
- piecemeal
- rescind
- section

## Antonyms
- annex
- coalesce
- combine
- join
- merge
- unify
- unite

## Derived Forms
- dividability
- dividable
- divider
- divvy
- misdivide
- overdivide
- redivide
- serodivide
- subdivide

## Related Forms
- disconnect
- distribute
- divisible
- divisive
- divisor
- fraction
- obelus
- quotient
- ratio
- remainder
- separate
- separation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰeh₁-
- Root: dividen
- Root: dīvidō

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Italic *wiðō Latin *vidō Latin dīvidōder. Middle English dividen English divide PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan.

## AI Etymology
Divide comes from Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan. In current use, the main senses are “To separate something into two or more parts” and “To share something between people”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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