Definitions for divide
dɪˈvaɪddi·vide

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. divide(noun)

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

2. watershed, water parting, divide(verb)

   a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

3. divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up(verb)

   separate into parts or portions

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

4. divide, fraction(verb)

   perform a division

   "Can you divide 49 by seven?"

5. separate, divide(verb)

   act as a barrier between; stand between

   "The mountain range divides the two countries"

6. separate, divide, part(verb)

   come apart

   "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

7. separate, divide(verb)

   make a division or separation

8. separate, disunite, divide, part(verb)

   force, take, or pull apart

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

GCIDE(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Divide(n.)

   A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called watershed and water parting. A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a continental divide.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. divide(Noun)

   A thing that divides.

   Stay on your side of the divide, please.

   Etymology: From divido

2. divide(Noun)

   An act of dividing.

   The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.

   Etymology: From divido

3. divide(Noun)

   A distancing between two people or things.

   There is a great divide between us.

   Etymology: From divido

4. divide(Noun)

   A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.

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

   Etymology: From divido

5. divide(Verb)

   To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

   Etymology: From divido

6. divide(Verb)

   To share (something) by dividing it.

   How shall we divide this pie?

   Etymology: From divido

7. divide(Verb)

   To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).

   If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2.

   Etymology: From divido

8. divide(Verb)

   To separate into two or more parts.

   Etymology: From divido

9. divide(Verb)

   Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.

   Etymology: From divido

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Divide(verb)

   to part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts

2. Divide(verb)

   to cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns

3. Divide(verb)

   to make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share

4. Divide(verb)

   to disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance

5. Divide(verb)

   to separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question

6. Divide(verb)

   to subject to arithmetical division

7. Divide(verb)

   to separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term

8. Divide(verb)

   to mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant

9. Divide(verb)

   to play or sing in a florid style, or with variations

10. Divide(verb)

    to be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder

11. Divide(verb)

    to cause separation; to disunite

12. Divide(verb)

    to break friendship; to fall out

13. Divide(verb)

    to have a share; to partake

14. Divide(verb)

    to vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes

15. Divide(noun)

    a dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Divide

   Divide is a census-designated place and a U.S. Post Office in Teller County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 127. Divide sits on the north slope of Pikes Peak on U.S. Highway 24. Ute Pass is immediately west of town. The Divide Post Office has the ZIP Code 80814. There are multiple gas stations near the highway for travelers, a small grocery store, post office, Summit Elementary, and multiple churches. Divide is also the home of the Teller County Sheriff's office off of Hwy 24. Teller County has a jail behind the Sheriff's office as well, infamous for holding the 'Texas Seven' back in early 2000. Divide is a growing, planned community. Divide is planned in three areas: the town center, rural residential land parcels, and larger rural land parcels.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Divide

   di-vīd′, v.t. to part asunder: to part among, to allot, &c.: to set at variance: to separate into two parts (as in voting).—v.i. to part or open: to break friendship: to vote by separating into two bodies.—n. (coll.) the act of dividing: (esp. in U.S.) a watershed.—adj. Divid′able (rare), divisible: (Shak.) divided.—adv. Divid′edly.—n. Divid′er, that which divides: a kind of compasses for dividing lines, &c.—adj. Divid′ing, separating.—n. separation.—n. Divid′ing-en′gine, an instrument for graduating the scales of scientific apparatus.—adjs. Divid′ual (Milt.), shared in common with others; Divid′uous, special, accidental. [L. dividĕre, divisum—dis, asunder, root vid, to separate.]

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'divide' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2905

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'divide' in Verbs Frequency: #341

How to pronounce divide?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of divide in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of divide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of divide in a Sentence

1. Christina Smolke:

   We grew them under home-brew condition, and you get no production of these compounds. It's just to say, that there's this divide in how easy it can be transferred to a home-brew-type setting. And there will be some real challenges with how these strains grow.

2. Julie Smith:

   The White House sees opportunities to fix the problem that they created in Brussels where it looked like there was a big trans-Atlantic divide.

3. Rodney Frelinghuysen:

   I know we're keeping our distance physically from them in Baghdad, have we ceded most of the governance of Iraq to Iranians?...And will the military operations that are undergoing, which we are watching, divide the country and require us in some ways to spend more of our resources?

4. Tom MacArthur:

   I know there’s a lot of noise about this bill. There is a lot of fear, my goal was to bridge the divide to try to get the people who were against the bill to be in favor of it.

5. President Barack Obama:

   I'm pretty confident that the overwhelming majority of Americans are looking for the kind of politics that does feed our hopes and not our fears, that does work together and doesn't try to divide us, that isn't looking for simplistic solutions and scapegoating.

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