divide
/dɪˈvaɪd/
verb
- To separate something into two or more parts or groups.
- Please divide the pizza into eight slices.
- The teacher divided the class into teams for the game.
- A fence divides the two properties.
- To share something among a number of people.
- We divided the prize money equally among the winners.
- The siblings divided the inheritance according to their parents' wishes.
- After the hike, they divided the snacks so everyone got some.
- To cause disagreement or separation between people or groups.
- Arguments about money can divide a family.
- The political issue divided the community.
- The coach's favoritism divided the team.
- To calculate how many times one number is contained in another.
- If you divide 100 by 4, you get 25.
- In math class, we learned how to divide fractions.
- Can you divide 15 by 3?
noun
- A difference or disagreement that separates people or groups.
- There is a growing divide between the rich and the poor.
- The country is trying to bridge the political divide.
- The cultural divide made communication difficult.
- A line or boundary that separates two areas, especially a ridge between two drainage areas.
- The divide marks where the water flows to different oceans.
- The Rocky Mountains form the Continental Divide.
- We hiked to the divide where the river splits.