Synonyms for divide
dɪˈvaɪddi·vide

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1. divideverb

   To separate into two or more parts.

   If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first.

   Synonyms:
   partition, cut up, shear, split up, separate, split

2. divideverb

   Synonyms:
   share out, divi up, divide up, share

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1. divide

   Allot, originally to assign by lot, applies to the giving of a definite thing to a certain person. A portion or extent of time is allotted; as, I expect to live out my allotted time. A definite period is appointed; as, the audience assembled at the appointed hour. Allot may also refer to space; as, to allot a plot of ground for a cemetery; but we now oftener use select, set apart, or assign. Allot is not now used of persons. Appoint may be used of time, space, or person; as, the appointed day; the appointed place; an officer was appointed to this station. Destine may also refer to time, place, or person, but it always has reference to what is considerably in the future; a man appoints to meet his friend in five minutes; he destines his son to follow his own profession. Assign is rarely used of time, but rather of places, persons, or things. We assign a work to be done and assign a man to do it, who, if he fails, must assign a reason for not doing it. That which is allotted, appointed, or assigned is more or less arbitrary; that which is awarded is the due requital of something the receiver has done, and he has right and claim to it; as, the medal was awarded for valor. Compare APPORTION.

   Synonyms:
   allot, appoint, apportion, assign, award, destine, distribute, give, grant, mete out, portion out, select, set apart

   Antonyms:
   appropriate, confiscate, deny, refuse, resume, retain, seize, withhold

   Preposition:
   Allot to a company for a purpose.

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1. divide

   Synonyms:
   separate, dissect, bisect, portio, part, divorce, segregate, sever, sunder, deal out, disunite, keep apart, part among, allot, distribute, multiply

   Antonyms:
   unite, collocate, classify, convene, congregate, conglomerate, conglutinate, commingle, join, consociate, co-ordinate

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1. dividenoun

   a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

   Synonyms:
   water parting, watershed

   Antonyms:
   multiply, unite, unify

2. watershed, water parting, divideverb

   a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

   Synonyms:
   river basin, drainage area, landmark, catchment area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, turning point, basin, water parting

   Antonyms:
   unite, multiply, unify

3. divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve upverb

   separate into parts or portions

   "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, classify, cleave, split up, fork, differentiate, fraction, break up, rive, single out, part, come apart, carve up, sort, severalize, split, break, fall apart, severalise, dissever, furcate, assort, class, discriminate, branch, break open, secern, separate, divorce, disunite, tell, burst, sort out, ramify, secernate

   Antonyms:
   unite, unify, multiply

4. divide, fractionverb

   perform a division

   "Can you divide 49 by seven?"

   Synonyms:
   separate, split, disunite, part, carve up, dissever, fraction, split up

   Antonyms:
   unite, unify, multiply

5. separate, divideverb

   act as a barrier between; stand between

   "The mountain range divides the two countries"

   Synonyms:
   assort, carve up, separate, come apart, fork, classify, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, distinguish, part, break, disunite, severalise, fraction, furcate, fall apart, severalize, secernate, break up, split up, split, sort, secern, tell apart, tell, branch, single out, ramify, discriminate

   Antonyms:
   unify, unite, multiply

6. separate, divide, partverb

   come apart

   "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, start, classify, start out, differentiate, split up, fork, tell, fraction, break up, come apart, single out, part, carve up, sort, severalize, split, break, fall apart, severalise, dissever, furcate, depart, assort, set off, class, discriminate, branch, take off, secern, separate, disunite, set forth, sort out, ramify, secernate, set out

   Antonyms:
   unite, unify, multiply

7. separate, divideverb

   make a division or separation

   Synonyms:
   assort, carve up, separate, come apart, fork, classify, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, distinguish, part, break, disunite, severalise, fraction, furcate, fall apart, severalize, secernate, break up, split up, split, sort, secern, tell apart, tell, branch, single out, ramify, discriminate

   Antonyms:
   unify, unite, multiply

8. separate, disunite, divide, partverb

   force, take, or pull apart

   "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, start, classify, assort, disassociate, start out, differentiate, split up, fork, tell, fraction, break up, come apart, single out, part, carve up, sort, severalize, split, break, fall apart, severalise, dissever, furcate, depart, dissociate, set off, class, discriminate, branch, take off, secern, separate, divorce, disunite, set forth, sort out, ramify, disjoint, secernate, set out

   Antonyms:
   unite, multiply, unify

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1. bisect

   to bisect is to divide something into halves, with is the same thing as to divide.

   the girl divided her apple. the girl bisected her apple.

   Submitted by anonymous on December 17, 2019  

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1. divideverb

   Synonyms:
   sever, sunder, part, separate, cleave, disunite

2. divideverb

   Synonyms:
   keep apart, put a barrier between

3. divideverb

   Synonyms:
   make hostile, make discordant, set at variance

4. divideverb

   Synonyms:
   distribute, allot, apportion, assign, share, mete, dispense, deal out, parcel out, portion out

5. divideverb

   Synonyms:
   part, separate, cleave, open, be divided, be separated

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1. divideverb

   Synonyms:
   sunder, split, cleave, disunite, part, separate, sever, dissociate, disconnect, detach, disintegrate, demarcate, dimidiate, partition, apportion, distribute, allot, assign, parcel out, disaffect, alienate, estrange, part, share, partake, participate

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1. List of paraphrases for "divide":

   gap, fracture, ditch, split, dividing, division, cleavage, chasm, divides, splitting, rift, gulf, fractured, divided, abyss, hyphenate, splits, schism, apportion, disparity, splittist

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1. London Mayor Sadiq Khan:

   Terrorists seek to divide us and to destroy our way of life - here in London we will never let them succeed.

2. Bruce Maxwell:

   This goes beyond the black community. This goes beyond the Hispanic community, because right now we are having a racial divide in all types of people.

3. The Sun-Times:

   Valdez told reporters that detectives learned that the victim met several juveniles who she thought were her friends. These girls then taught her how to flash gang signs and as this was occurring a beating began which was captured on video, he added. Actions depicted in the video are difficult to watch to say the least and I hope that they become a teachable moment for not only these young individuals but actually for all of us, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.Hate, bullying and bigotry are cancers of our society that do nothing but break and divide us.

4. Dave Morris:

   There are 3,000 businesses in Michigan that are closed right now, and theyre falling daily, the fact that my government had enough money to work with. ...You take $4 trillion and divide it among 100 million households, roughly ... they could have given every household in this country $20,000 to sit down. Go home and sit.

5. President Obama:

   During these times of uncertainty, it’s always tempting for politicians for their own gain and for people in power to try and see if they can divide people, scapegoat folks, turn them on each other.