Meaning

6 senses
  1. One who or that which divides or separates.

    a person who separates something into parts or groups

  2. One who or that which divides or separates.

    A physical object for dividing up a space.

  3. A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.

  4. An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts.

  5. A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.

    a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements

  6. The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.

    раздели́тельная полоса́razdelítelʹnaja polosá

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Yanni almost slid into the divider.

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  2. The group's new secretary-general, former Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov, says the SCO aims to be a connector, not a divider.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
object that separates:
median of a highway:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
object that separates:

Forms

plural: dividers
Singulardivider
Pluraldividers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another):partition
  • a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics:splitter

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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