Meaning

13 senses
  1. (transitive)To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

    a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns

    separate into parts or portions

  2. (intransitive)To separate into two or more parts.

    aufteilen, teilen, einteilen

    дели́тьdelítʹ, разделя́тьrazdeljátʹ

    діли́тиdilýty

  3. (transitive)To share (something) by dividing it.

    How shall we divide this pie?

    teilen

  4. (transitive)To cause (a group of people) to disagree.

    Words divide us; Wiktionary unites us.

  5. (transitive)To calculate the quotient number by which another one (the divisor) is multiplied to produce a second number (the dividend).

    If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2.

    dividieren, teilen

    дели́тьdelítʹ, раздели́тьrazdelítʹ

    діли́тиdilýty

  6. (transitive)To be a divisor of.

    3 divides 6.

  7. (intransitive)To reproduce by either mitosis or meiosis.

  8. (intransitive)To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

  9. (intransitive)To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, 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 nays.

  10. (transitive)To split (something) into regular steps or intervals; to mark with degrees; to graduate.

    to divide a sextant

  11. To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

  12. (intransitive, obsolete)To break friendship; to fall out.

    move or break apart

Examples

423 sentences
  1. This book is divided into four parts.

    Ця книжка розділена на чотири частини.

    ruЭта книга разделена на четыре части.

    deDieses Buch ist in vier Teile unterteilt.

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  2. He divided one million dollars among his five sons.

    Він розділив один мільйон доларів між своїми п'ятьма синами.

    deEr teilte eine Million Dollar unter seinen fünf Söhnen auf.

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  3. Six divided by two is three.

    Шість розділити на два дорівнює три.

    ruШесть поделить на два равно трём.

    deSechs geteilt durch zwei ist drei.

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  4. Let's divide this money between you and me.

    Поділімо ці гроші між нами двома.

    ruДавай поделим эти деньги между собой.

    deLass uns das Geld unter uns aufteilen.

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  5. Divide the pie into three pieces.

    Поділи пиріг на три частини.

    ruРаздели пирог на три части.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
split into two or more parts:
Русский
By meaning 2
split into two or more parts:
calculate quotient:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
split into two or more parts:
calculate quotient:

Forms

divides, dividing, divided, divided
Base formdivide · to divide
3rd person singulardivides
Present participledividing
Past simpledivided
Past participledivided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydivide
he, she, itdivides

Past simpleLesson

all personsdivided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave divided
he, she, ithas divided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill divide

Synonyms

28 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

8 antonyms

Word family

35 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • divided the cake
  • divided the money
  • is divided into

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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