divisible

C2+ Topic:Describing People
US /dɪˈvɪzəbəl/ UK /dɪˈvɪzəbəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    capable of being divided, especially without a remainder

    Twelve is divisible by both three and four.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · capable of being divided,... separabledividablepartiblefractionable
Word family
Derived forms divisibilitydivisibleness

Etymology

From Late Latin divisibilis, from Latin dividere ('to divide'), from di- ('apart') + a base related to vidua ('separated').

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