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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "divide"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to separate people or things into two or more groups, parts, etc.
Transitive: to divide sb/sth | to divide sb/sth into groups or parts
to divide definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef divides the ingredients into precise portions for the recipe.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be separated into parts, groups, etc.
Intransitive: to divide | to divide into parts ot groups
to divide definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The road divides into two lanes as it approaches the city center.
āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āϞ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϞ⧇āύ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(mathematics) to calculate how many times a number contains another number
Transitive: to divide a number by another number
to divide definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If you divide 10 by 2, you get 5.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ 10 āϕ⧇ 2 āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ 5 āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a number) to fit into another number one or more times evenly
Intransitive: to divide into a number
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
10 divides evenly into 50, yielding 5 as the quotient.
10 āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ 50 āϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ­āĻžāĻ—āĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ 5 āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to separate or create a barrier between two things
Transitive: to divide a space
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mountain range divides the country into distinct geographical regions.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āϭ⧌āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to separate or split something into distinct parts or sections
Transitive: to divide sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The skier divided the snow with their sharp edges as they raced down the slope.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĸāĻžāϞ āĻŦ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to split different portions of time, energy, etc. and dedicate them to various activities or tasks
Transitive: to divide time or resources
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He divides his energy equally between studying and playing sports.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§‹āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϧ⧁āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause disagreement among people
Transitive: to divide a group of people
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Political polarization has deeply divided the country, with citizens holding starkly different views.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧁āĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have differing opinions regarding a particular issue, question, etc., typically within a group
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The country divided sharply over the controversial policy, with citizens expressing strong opinions on both sides of the issue.
āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to split something into parts and share them among different people or groups
Transitive: to divide sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The inheritance was divided equally among the three siblings.
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϤāĻŋāύ āĻ­āĻžāχāĻŦā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of law-makers) to vote by physically separating into two groups, typically representing those in favor of a motion or proposition and those against it
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the debate on the education reform bill, the Members of Parliament were called to divide.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a law-making body to vote by physically separating into two groups to show support and opposition
Transitive: to divide a law-making body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chairman divided the committee members to ascertain their positions on the controversial amendment.
āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ⧀ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a raised area of land separating two neighboring river systems

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Water flows in opposite directions on either side of the divide.
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a significant disagreement or separation between two groups, often causing tension or conflict

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There is a clear divide between management and workers.

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