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dividing up

dividing up is the present participle and gerund of divide up.

Meaning of divide up

Verb

divide up (third-person singular simple present divides up, present participle dividing up, simple past and past participle divided up)

  1. (transitive) To divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.
    • divide up the cake into 5 equal parts
    Synonyms:
    divide

Questions about dividing up

What is dividing up the present participle and gerund of?
Dividing up is the present participle and gerund of divide up.

Words near dividing up in the dictionary

  1. dividing and conquering
  2. dividing engine
  3. dividing engines
  4. dividing line
  5. dividing lines
  6. dividing up
  7. dividingly
  8. dividings
  9. dividivi
  10. dividual
  11. dividualities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dividing up (page history and authors); divide up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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