divide
verb
[ dɪˈvʌɪd ]
• separate or be separated into parts.
• "consumer magazines can be divided into a number of categories"
Similar:
split,
cut up,
cleave,
carve up,
slice up,
chop up,
split up,
dissect,
bisect,
halve,
quarter,
sunder,
rive,
fractionate,
disjoin,
diverge,
separate,
part,
branch,
branch off,
fork,
split in two,
go in different directions,
go separate ways,
divaricate,
bifurcate,
furcate,
ramify,
classify,
sort,
sort out,
categorize,
order,
group,
pigeonhole,
grade,
rank,
organize,
arrange,
dispose,
segregate,
partition,
• disagree or cause to disagree.
• "the question had divided Frenchmen since the Revolution"
• find how many times (a number) contains another.
• "36 divided by 2 equals 18"
divide
noun
• a difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension.
• "there was still a profound cultural divide between the parties"
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Latin dividere ‘force apart, remove’. The noun dates from the mid 17th century.
