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dividing

NOUN
breaking
Synonyms
STRONG
detaching detachment parting partition separation
Antonyms
STRONG
attachment
WEAK
union
NOUN
calculation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arithmetic computation counting estimate estimation forecast judgment prediction
STRONG
figuring reckoning summation
WEAK
adding ciphering multiplying subtracting totaling
NOUN
comparison
Synonyms
STRONGEST
analogy connection contrast correlation example identification juxtaposition observation ratio relation resemblance similarity testing
STRONG
allegory association balancing collation comparability discrimination estimation exemplification illustration likeness likening measuring metaphor opposition segregation separation weighing
WEAK
analogizing analyzing bringing together collating distinguishing paralleling relating
Antonyms
STRONGEST
difference disconnection dissimilarity unlikeness
NOUN
division
Synonyms
STRONGEST
distribution
STRONG
analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjuncture dismemberment dissolution disunion divorce parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection severance subdivision vivisection
WEAK
breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance distinguishing disuniting rending separating splitting up
Antonyms
STRONG
attachment combination connection union
WEAK
accord agreement juncture system unification unison unity whole
NOUN
fission
Synonyms
STRONG
division parting severance
WEAK
atom smashing atomic reaction nuclear fission splitting the atom thermonuclear reaction
NOUN
partition
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barrier dissolution segregation separation
STRONG
allotment apportionment detachment disconnection distribution disunion hindrance obstruction parting portion rationing rupture screen severance share splitting wall
Antonyms
STRONG
aid assistance help promotion whole
WEAK
attachment juncture union unity
NOUN
severance
Synonyms
STRONG
analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjunction disjuncture dismemberment dissolution distribution disunion divorce divorcement parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection separation split subdivision vivisection
WEAK
breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance disseverment distinguishing disuniting rending separating splitting up
Antonyms
STRONG
attachment closing closure combination connection juncture marriage union
NOUN
sharing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
allocation distribution
STRONG
partaking participating partition splitting
WEAK
companionate

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the October 9, 2025, print edition as 'The Craze Dividing Body Care: Trying to Smell Like a Doughnut'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Dividing Holmes from the average doubting conspiracy theorist is his reliance on empirical data.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

Dividing 295 by 440 gets you to 67% and you divide that by two and round up.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

Dividing assets evenly with her ex, a retired lawyer, left her with half as much in savings — but, Ms. Solomon said, “my happiness was worth more to me than the money.”

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2024

Dividing the dog watch that way switches the hours of the watches for the next twenty-four, so that the same men don’t stand two watches every night.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham