divide
To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
Verb 4 meanings
To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
“a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns”
To separate into two or more parts.
To share (something) by dividing it.
“How shall we divide this pie?”
To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
“Words divide us; Wiktionary unites us.”
Noun 4 meanings
A thing that divides.
“Stay on your side of the divide, please.”
An act of dividing.
“The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.”
A distancing between two people or things.
“There is a great divide between us.”
A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
“If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first.”
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan related to English deal which formerly meant a “portion” or “part” of something.
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DIVIDE at a glance
DIVIDE has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + V 4 + I 1 + D 2 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,779 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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