great divides
great divides is the plural of great divide.
Meaning of great divide
Noun
great divide (plural great divides)
- A significant or profound separation, contrast, difference, or gap between two things.
- The First World War was "the great divide", not only because it accelerated changes already evident in the countryside, but because it introduced Government controls on a scale never known before.1973, Victor Bonham-Carter, Land and Environment: The Survival of the English Countryside, Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, page 72
Questions about great divides
- What is great divides the plural of?
- Great divides is the plural of great divide.
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