English > divide: 8 senses > verb 1, socialMeaning | separate into parts or portions. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Example | "divide the cake into three equal parts" |
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Synonyms | split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up |
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Narrower | Balkanize, Balkanise | divide a territory into small, hostile states |
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canton | divide into cantons, of a country |
format, initialize, initialise | divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data |
lot | divide into lots, as of land, for example |
paragraph | divide into paragraphs, as of text |
parcel | divide into parts |
sectionalize, sectionalise | divide into sections, especially into geographic sections |
sliver, splinter | divide into slivers or splinters |
subdivide | divide into smaller and smaller pieces |
triangulate | divide into triangles / triangles or give a triangular form to |
unitize, unitise | divide (bulk material) and process as units |
Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
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Opposite | unite, unify | act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief |
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Spanish | desdoblar, desunir, dividir, escindir, fragmentar, partir, repartir, separar |
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Catalan | desdoblar, dividir, partir, repartir, separar |
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Adjectives | divisible | capable of being or liable to be divided or separated |
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Nouns | divider | a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) |
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divider | a person who separates something into parts or groups |
divider | a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics / characteristics |
division | the act or process of dividing |
English > divide: 8 senses > verb 4, contactMeaning | come apart. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
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Synonyms | separate, part |
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Caused by | separate, disunite, divide, part | Force, take, or pull apart |
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Entailed by | share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal | Give out as one's portion or share |
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Narrower | calve, break up | Release ice |
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chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off | break off (a piece from a whole) |
detach, come off, come away | Come to be detached |
disjoin, disjoint | Become separated, disconnected or disjoint |
dismember, take apart, discerp | divide into pieces |
gerrymander | divide unfairly and to one's advantage |
partition, partition off | divide into parts, pieces, or sections |
polarize, polarise | Become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation |
reduce | Undergo meiosis |
segment, section | divide into segments / segments |
segment | divide or split up |
segregate | divide from the main body or mass and collect |
subdivide | form into subdivisions |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
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Spanish | dividirse, dividir, escindir, partir, separarse, separar |
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Catalan | dividir-se, dividir, escindir, partir, separar-se, separar |
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Adjectives | divisible | capable of being or liable to be divided or separated |
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English > divide: 8 senses > verb 6, contactMeaning | Force, take, or pull apart. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
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Synonyms | separate, disunite, part |
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Cause to | separate, divide, part | come apart |
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Entailed by | unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick | Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of |
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Narrower | break | separate from a clinch, in boxing |
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compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up | separate into isolated compartments or categories / categories |
cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
disconnect | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten |
disjoin, disjoint | make disjoint, separated, or disconnected |
disjoint, disarticulate | separate at the joints |
gin | separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin |
joint | separate (meat) at the joint |
polarize, polarise | Cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions |
sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate | set apart from others |
sever, break up | set or keep apart |
tear, rupture, snap, bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly |
tear | To separate or be separated by force |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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Spanish | dividir, separar |
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Catalan | dividir, separar |
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