English Online Dictionary. What means divide? What does divide mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈvaɪd/
- Rhymes: -aɪd
Verb
divide (third-person singular simple present divides, present participle dividing, simple past and past participle divided)
- (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
- Synonyms: cut up, disunite, partition, split, split up
- Antonyms: combine, merge, unify, unite
- (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
- Synonyms: divvy up, divide up, share, share out, apportion
- (transitive) To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
- (transitive, arithmetic, 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).
- Antonym: multiply
- (transitive, arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
- (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
- Synonyms: separate, shear, split, split up
- (intransitive, biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
- To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
- (obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.
- (obsolete) To have a share; to partake.
- To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
- To mark divisions on; to graduate.
- (music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.
Derived terms
Related terms
- (act of dividing): division
- (the sum being divided; the upper term in a fraction): dividend
- (the number of parts in a division; the lower term in a fraction): divisor
- divisive
Translations
See also
- fraction, fraction slash, ⁄, fraction bar, vinculum (Australia)
- ratio, ∶ (also improperly :)
- (product of division): quotient
- (extra amount left by uneven division): remainder
- division sign, obelus, ÷
- division slash, ∕ (also improperly /)
- long division symbol, division bracket, )‾ or |‾
Noun
divide (plural divides)
- A thing that divides.
- An act of dividing.
- A distancing between two people or things.
- (geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
- (hydrology) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
Derived terms
- great divide
Translations
References
- “divide”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
- divied
Galician
Verb
divide
- inflection of dividir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈvi.de/
- Rhymes: -ide
- Hyphenation: di‧vì‧de
Verb
divide
- third-person singular present indicative of dividere
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.u̯i.de/, [ˈd̪iːu̯ɪd̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.vi.de/, [ˈd̪iːvid̪e]
Verb
dīvide
- second-person singular present active imperative of dīvidō
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: di‧vi‧de
Verb
divide
- inflection of dividir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dividere.
Verb
a divide (third-person singular present divide, past participle not used) 3rd conj.
- (transitive, reflexive) to divide
- Synonyms: diviza, împărți
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈbide/ [d̪iˈβ̞i.ð̞e]
- Rhymes: -ide
- Syllabification: di‧vi‧de
Verb
divide
- inflection of dividir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative