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divide

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verbseparate, disconnect

verbdistribute
verbput in order; classify
verbdisagree, alienate

Word Origin & History

early 14c., from Latin dividere "to force apart, cleave, distribute," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + -videre "to separate," from PIE root *weidh- "to separate" (see widow; also see with).

Mathematical sense is from early 15c. Divide and rule (c.1600) translates Latin divide et impera, a maxim of Machiavelli. Related: Divided; dividing.

Example Sentences for divide

Well, you divide five thousand by ten, and you've got only five hundred left.

Now to understand them words perfect you have got to divide the tex.

Divide the breast into pieces according to the position of the bones.

Together we can divide it; otherwise neither of us will get any of it.

Divide them in pieces and split them, or cut them into slices.

Cut it down the middle, ...

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Synonyms for divide

verb separate, disconnect

break
break down
carve
cross
cut
isolate
partition
segregate
split
subdivide
tear
bisect
branch
chop
cleave
demarcate
detach
dichotomize
disengage
disentangle
disjoin
dislocate
dismember
dissect
dissever
dissociate
dissolve
disunite
divorce
halve
intersect
loose
part
quarter
rend
rupture
section
segment
sever
shear
sunder
unbind
undo
abscind
cut up
pull away

Antonyms for divide

attach
combine
fix
join
mend
stay
unite
wait
associate
close
connect
fasten
marry
agree
append
collect
convince
couple
disarrange
disorganize
gather
hold
keep
link
maintain
persuade
retain

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admeasure

verb. allot

allocate
apportion
distribute
divide
divvy
divvy up
lot
measure out
mete
ration
share

alienate

verb. cause unfriendliness, hostility

break off
come between
disaffect
disunite
divide
divorce
estrange
make indifferent
part
separate
set against
turn away
turn off
wean
withdraw the affections of

alienating

verb. cause unfriendliness, hostility

break off
come between
disaffect
disunite
divide
divorce
estrange
make indifferent
part
separate
set against
turn away
turn off
wean
withdraw the affections of

analyze

verb. break down to components

X-ray
anatomize
break up
cut up
decompose
decompound
determine
disintegrate
dissect
dissolve
divide
electrolyze
hydrolyze
lay bare
parse
part
resolve
separate

analyzed

verb. break down to components

X-ray
anatomize
break up
cut up
decompose
decompound
determine
disintegrate
dissect
dissolve
divide
electrolyze
hydrolyze
lay bare
parse
part
resolve
separate

analyzes

verb. break down to components

X-ray
anatomize
break up
cut up
decompose
decompound
determine
disintegrate
dissect
dissolve
divide
electrolyze
hydrolyze
lay bare
parse
part
resolve
separate

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