Divide
verb
To separate into parts or groups.
She divided the cake into eight pieces.
Often appears as...
- divided into
- divide equally
verb
To make a clear difference between people or things.
Income divides the rich from the poor.
Often appears as...
- divide between
- divide from
verb
To do a mathematical operation to find out how many times one number fits into another.
If you divide 20 by 5, the result is 4.
Often appears as...
- divide by
- divide into
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A difference or disagreement between two groups that makes communication difficult.
There is a huge divide between rich and poor in this city.
Often appears as...
- huge divide
- deep divide
verb
To be a dividing line.
The river divides the town from the rest of the province.
Often appears as...
- divide from
- divide between
verb
When cells divide, they split and become two cells.
The bacteria divide rapidly under favorable conditions.
Often appears as...
- divide rapidly
- divide equally
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To separate into parts or groups.
She divided the cake into eight pieces.
Often appears as...
- divided into
- divide equally
verb
To make a clear difference between people or things.
Income divides the rich from the poor.
Often appears as...
- divide between
- divide from
verb
To do a mathematical operation to find out how many times one number fits into another.
If you divide 20 by 5, the result is 4.
Often appears as...
- divide by
- divide into
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A difference or disagreement between two groups that makes communication difficult.
There is a huge divide between rich and poor in this city.
Often appears as...
- huge divide
- deep divide
verb
To be a dividing line.
The river divides the town from the rest of the province.
Often appears as...
- divide from
- divide between
verb
When cells divide, they split and become two cells.
The bacteria divide rapidly under favorable conditions.
Often appears as...
- divide rapidly
- divide equally
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Share Equally
When dividing something like food or items, fairness is often the goal.
Let's divide these cookies equally so everyone gets the same amount.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Equal
Divide can imply unequal parts based on specific criteria or needs.
He divided the profits according to each partner's investment.
Pro Tip 1/2Share Equally
When dividing something like food or items, fairness is often the goal.
Let's divide these cookies equally so everyone gets the same amount.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Equal
Divide can imply unequal parts based on specific criteria or needs.
He divided the profits according to each partner's investment.
Pro Tip 1/2Share Equally
When dividing something like food or items, fairness is often the goal.
Let's divide these cookies equally so everyone gets the same amount.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Equal
Divide can imply unequal parts based on specific criteria or needs.
He divided the profits according to each partner's investment.
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Once he gets there, he still needs to walk half the distance that's left, which takes another finite amount of time. This happens again and again and again. You can see that we can keep going like this forever, dividing whatever distance is left into smaller and smaller pieces,
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thinking because you see in this world there is yin and yang yang there's positive and negative every plus there's a minus so maybe if you focus more on our multiple successes we wouldn't be as divided it's my generation the worse yes probably if I'm honest the he without
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which means they could affect an organism for its entire life. Sometimes that's a good thing. Epigenetic changes are part of normal development. The cells in an embryo start with one master genome. As the cells divide, some genes are activated and others inhibited.
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Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of. I meet all kinds of people who don't think they're really good at anything. Actually, I kind of divide the world into two groups now.
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The complex geometry of...
by drawing construction lines over a circle divided into six parts, and then tessellating it, we can make something like this. Here's another sixfold pattern that has appeared across the centuries and all over the Islamic world,
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that's almost as deep as any divide can be between two animals with three hearts no bones a beak with a venomous bite and a gut that runs through its brain
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We all start life as one single cell. Then that cell divides and we are two cells, then four, then eight. Cells form tissues, tissues form organs,
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When will the next mass...
and although such events may be rare, paleontologists have been able to identify several of them through dramatic changes in the fossil record, where lineages that persisted through several geological layers suddenly disappear. In fact, these mass extinctions are used to divide the Earth's history
Video examples
How stress affects your...
Want to live a long life? You may have to curb your chronic stress. That's because it has even been associated with shortened telomeres, the shoelace tip ends of chromosomes that measure a cell's age. Telomeres cap chromosomes to allow DNA to get copied every time a cell divides
Video examples
What is Zeno's Dichotomy...
Once he gets there, he still needs to walk half the distance that's left, which takes another finite amount of time. This happens again and again and again. You can see that we can keep going like this forever, dividing whatever distance is left into smaller and smaller pieces,
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An ode to the millennial...
thinking because you see in this world there is yin and yang yang there's positive and negative every plus there's a minus so maybe if you focus more on our multiple successes we wouldn't be as divided it's my generation the worse yes probably if I'm honest the he without
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What is epigenetics? -...
which means they could affect an organism for its entire life. Sometimes that's a good thing. Epigenetic changes are part of normal development. The cells in an embryo start with one master genome. As the cells divide, some genes are activated and others inhibited.
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Bring on the learning...
Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of. I meet all kinds of people who don't think they're really good at anything. Actually, I kind of divide the world into two groups now.
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The complex geometry of...
by drawing construction lines over a circle divided into six parts, and then tessellating it, we can make something like this. Here's another sixfold pattern that has appeared across the centuries and all over the Islamic world,
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Octopus Playtime PIPE...
that's almost as deep as any divide can be between two animals with three hearts no bones a beak with a venomous bite and a gut that runs through its brain
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How do cancer cells...
We all start life as one single cell. Then that cell divides and we are two cells, then four, then eight. Cells form tissues, tissues form organs,
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
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Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.
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Fabio Cannavaro
Italian Athlete
The national team has always lent its image to help Italy's problems over the years... The national team is more about uniting than dividing.
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Grace Paley
American Writer
The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world.
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Priyamani
Indian Actress
My life and career can be divided into pre- and post- 'Paruthiveeran.
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Francis Parker Yockey
American Writer
The way politics divides the world is into friend and enemy.
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Woody Allen
American Director
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
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Jeff Rich
American Explorer
All of the universe will be divided into two parts.
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Lord Mountbatten
British Soldier
You can divide my life into two.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
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Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.
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Fabio Cannavaro
Italian Athlete
The national team has always lent its image to help Italy's problems over the years... The national team is more about uniting than dividing.
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Grace Paley
American Writer
The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world.
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Priyamani
Indian Actress
My life and career can be divided into pre- and post- 'Paruthiveeran.
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Francis Parker Yockey
American Writer
The way politics divides the world is into friend and enemy.
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Woody Allen
American Director
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
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Jeff Rich
American Explorer
All of the universe will be divided into two parts.
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Lord Mountbatten
British Soldier
You can divide my life into two.
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