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Synonyms for divide
dɪˈvaɪddi·vide
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 apartAntonyms:
appropriate, confiscate, deny, refuse, resume, retain, seize, withholdPreposition:
Allot to a company for a purpose.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
divide
Synonyms:
separate, dissect, bisect, portio, part, divorce, segregate, sever, sunder, deal out, disunite, keep apart, part among, allot, distribute, multiplyAntonyms:
unite, collocate, classify, convene, congregate, conglomerate, conglutinate, commingle, join, consociate, co-ordinate
Princeton's WordNet
dividenoun
a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
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water parting, watershedwatershed, water parting, divideverb
a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
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river basin, drainage area, landmark, catchment area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, turning point, basin, water partingdivide, 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"
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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, secernatedivide, fractionverb
perform a division
"Can you divide 49 by seven?"
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separate, split, disunite, part, carve up, dissever, fraction, split upseparate, divideverb
act as a barrier between; stand between
"The mountain range divides the two countries"
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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, discriminateseparate, divide, partverb
come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"
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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 outseparate, divideverb
make a division or separation
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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, discriminateseparate, disunite, divide, partverb
force, take, or pull apart
"He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
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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
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Editors Contribution
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.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
divideverb
divideverb
Synonyms:
keep apart, put a barrier betweendivideverb
Synonyms:
make hostile, make discordant, set at variancedivideverb
Synonyms:
distribute, allot, apportion, assign, share, mete, dispense, deal out, parcel out, portion outdivideverb
Synonyms:
part, separate, cleave, open, be divided, be separated
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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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#207 | part | |
#388 | class | |
#453 | select | |
#474 | start | |
#555 | give | |
#660 | share | |
#723 | tell | |
#923 | sort | |
#1147 | division | |
#1367 | award | |
#1618 | break | |
#1732 | grant | |
#2200 | branch | |
#2228 | separate | |
#3684 | split | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4856 | gulf | |
#4862 | divorce | |
#4987 | divided | |
#5943 | basin | |
#6874 | distribute | |
#7405 | fork | |
#7857 | fraction | |
#8011 | assign | |
#8256 | partition | |
#8328 | divide | |
#8939 | watershed | |
#9876 | burst | |
#10105 | depart | |
#10269 | distinguish | |
#10532 | landmark | |
#12149 | appoint | |
#14145 | shear | |
#14330 | multiply | |
#14526 | splitting | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#15116 | dividing | |
#15831 | ditch | |
#16246 | splits | |
#16739 | cleavage | |
#17787 | differentiate | |
#19166 | classify | |
#19611 | discriminate | |
#23727 | divides | |
#24213 | abyss | |
#24621 | rift | |
#25165 | disparity | |
#28150 | fractured | |
#32391 | disjoint | |
#32799 | sever | |
#38752 | chasm | |
#44058 | cleave | |
#45153 | allot | |
#45802 | rive | |
#50466 | schism | |
#57917 | dissect | |
#61613 | segregate | |
#79102 | apportion | |
#89658 | sunder | |
#93332 | dissociate | |
#125734 | disassociate | |
#135406 | hyphenate | |
#148439 | assort | |
#154577 | bisect | |
#187258 | destine |
How to use divide in a sentence?
Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
We divide the misinformation into things that could cause imminent physical harm, of which Covid misinformation that might lead someone to get sick... falls in the category of imminent physical harm, and we take down that content. And then other misinformation are things that are false but may not lead to imminent physical harm, we label and reduce their distribution but leave them up.
Now, after a long election, it can be tempting to remain focused on the things that divide us. But we've seen the consequences that come when leaders refuse to accept the truth and focus more on conspiracies of the past than solving the challenges that we face today, for the past two years as we face these challenges, there has not been a day, not a day has gone by where I have not remembered that I am sitting in the Senate seat of Senator John McCain.
It concerns me that some of the literature -- the point is to divide and point out that those who are White are the oppressors in a worldwide and American context and [Black and Indigenous people of color] have been the victims of our oppression, with what's going on in America right now ... we better do it right, and we better do it with conversations with the public ... rather than do things that look like they're being intentionally hidden fromthe public.
And I think public leaders need to try to figure out ways to unite people around common purposes again, rather than divide us up. all Americans should be sickened by the video of Laquan McDonald's murder. As a nation we must do more than just echo the phrase Black Lives Matter.
Translations for divide
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- قسمArabic
- деля, деля се, разделямBulgarian
- dělitCzech
- dividieren, aufteilen, teilenGerman
- dividir, desunirSpanish
- jagamaEstonian
- jakaantua, jakaa, jakautuaFinnish
- se diviser, partager, diviserFrench
- deighilIrish
- פיצל, חילקHebrew
- विभाजनHindi
- feloszt, osztHungarian
- բաժանել, կիսելArmenian
- hlutaIcelandic
- dividersi, dividereItalian
- 分割, 分ける, 割るJapanese
- 나누다, 쪼개다Korean
- dalītLatvian
- хуваахMongolian
- bahagianMalay
- delen, verdelenDutch
- delt på, deleNorwegian
- podzielićPolish
- [[separar]]-[[se]], partir, repartir, separar, [[dividir]]-[[se]], dividirPortuguese
- divide, împărți, se diviza, diviza, despărțiRomanian
- разделить, делить, разделятьRussian
- deliť, rozdeliťSlovak
- dela, dividera, dela sig, klyvaSwedish
- gawaSwahili
- పంచుకొను, విభజించు, భాగించుTelugu
- แบ่งThai
- РозділитиUkrainian
- chiaVietnamese
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