vide

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
   • a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns

   Synonyms:

   cut up, disunite, partition, split, split up

   Antonyms:

   combine, merge, unify, unite

2. (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.

   Synonyms:

   separate, shear, split, split up

3. (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
   • How shall we divide this pie?

   Synonyms:

   divvy up, divide up, share, share out, apportion

4. (transitive) To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
   • Words divide us; Wiktionary unites us.
5. (transitive) To calculate the quotient number by which another one (the divisor) is multiplied to produce a second number (the dividend).
   • If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2.

   Antonyms:

   multiply

6. (transitive) To be a divisor of.
   • 3 divides 6.

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