divide

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Noun 2 Italian 2.1 Verb form 3 Spanish 3.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin dīvidō (“‘divide’”)

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[edit] Verb

to divide (third-person singular simple present divides, present participle dividing, simple past and past participle divided)

1. (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
2. (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.

   How shall we divide this pie?

3. (transitive, arithmetic) 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.

4. (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
5. (intransitive) (biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.

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• (split or separate into two or more parts): cut up, partition, separate, split, split up
• (share by dividing): divi up, divide up, share, share out
• (separate into two or more parts): separate, shear, split, split up

[edit] Related terms

• dividend
• division
• divisor
• ÷

[edit] See also

• quotient

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divide (plural divides)

1. A thing that divides.

   Stay on your side of the divide, please.

2. An act of dividing.

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

3. A distancing between two people or things.

   There is a great divide between us.

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divide

1. third-person singular indicative present of dividere

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divide (infinitive: dividir)

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of dividir.
2. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dividir.