Meaning

4 senses

  1. Separated or split into pieces

    geteilt

    separated into parts or pieces

  2. Having conflicting opinions, interests or emotions

    divided opinions

  3. Disunited

    divided nation

  4. (US)(of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median

    having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions

Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
separated or split into pieces:

Origin

From Middle English divided, devided, devidid, past participle of Middle English dividen (

From Middle English divided, devided, devidid, past participle of Middle English dividen (“to divide”), equivalent to divide + -ed.

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Forms

more divided, most divided
Comparativemore divided Lesson
Superlativemost divided Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose:divided upsharedshared out
  • having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions:dual-lane

Antonyms

4 antonyms
undividedcombinedunified
united

Word family

8 related words
Deriveddivided highwaydividedlydividednessdivided skirthouse dividedindividednondividedsemidivided

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
divertB2divestdivideA2dividenddivineB1
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