divide

Definition

  • verb: to separate (something) into two or more parts or pieces
  • verb: to separate into two or more parts, areas, or groups
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: continental divide, great divide

Examples

  • The author 'divides' literature into three categories. [=the author says that there are three categories of literature]

  • The teacher 'divided' the class (up) into four groups. = The teacher 'divided' (up) the class 'into' four groups.

  • Two 'divides evenly into' eight. [=eight can be divided into two an exact number of times with nothing left over]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) result-oriented. Sarko is up front shoots from the hip. It confirms what I think. I want to move beyond the left-right divide. My electoral aura is a muscle. It needs to grow. At first it hurts, hard to stretch. But after the effort when it relaxes, it grows. (..)
    2016 Me Before You