divide: betydelser og definitioner

To separate into parts, sections, groups, or branches: divided the students into four groups. See Synonyms at separate.

To sector into units of measurement; graduate: The ruler was divided into metric units.

To separate and group according to kind; classify: divided the plants by genus.

To cause to separate into opposing factions; disunite: "They want not to divide either the Revolution or the Church but to be an integral part of both” ( Conor Cruise O'Brien).

To cause (members of a parliament) to vote by separating into groups, as pro and con.

To separate from something else; cut off: A mountain chain divides France and Spain.

To apportion among a number: Volunteers divided the different jobs among themselves. See Synonyms at distribute.

Mathematics To subject (a number) to the process of division: divided 20 by 4.

Mathematics To be a divisor of: 3 divides 9.

Mathematics To use (a number) as a divisor: divided 5 into 35.

To become separated into parts.

To branch out, as a river.

To form into factions; take sides: The party divided evenly on the tax issue.

To vote by dividing.

Mathematics To perform the operation of division.

Biology To undergo cell division.

A dividing point or line: "would clearly tip the court . . . across a dangerous constitutional divide” ( Lawrence H. Tribe).

A ridge of land; a watershed.