divided

Meanings

• Adjective, Verb

  Separated into parts or groups.

  - "The cake was divided among the children."
  - "The city was divided by a river."
  - "The company was divided over the new policy."

• Verb

  Separate, cause to be separate.

  - "The referee divided the players after a fight."
  - "The river divides the continent."
  - "The court will divide the assets in the divorce."

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Pronunciation

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Antonyms

multiply , combine , merge , unify , unite , combined , undivided , unified

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Synonyms

separate , shear , split , split up , divide up , divvy up , share , share out , cut up , disunite , partition , split , split up

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with divided
rives , hives , ives , mives , rives

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Homonyms

Words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

1. Divide (en) : To share among a number of persons or groups.
   

2. Divide (en) : To cause to separate or to be separated.
   

3. Divide (en) : To express or describe the nature or essence of.
   

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. Divide (en) : To share among a number of persons or groups.
   

2. Divide (en) : To cause to separate or to be separated.
   

3. Divide (en) : To express or describe the nature or essence of.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of divided that leads to same result
divided , dividedly , dividedness , dividednesses , dividable , divide , divides , dividing , divided highway , divided loyalty

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Forms

Different forms of the word (e.g., verb conjugations, plural forms, comparative/superlative forms for adjectives).

dividedly: In a divided manner, divider: A tool used to measure and mark off distances, dividend: A quantity that is to be divided, divisor: A quantity by which another quantity is divided

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Etymology

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Old English deogan; related to deor 'animal' and dīel 'a share'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'divided' comes from the Old English word 'deogan', which means 'to share'.

2. In mathematics, the term 'dividend' refers to the number being divided, and 'divisor' refers to the number doing the dividing.

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Related Concepts

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1. Partition: The action or an act of dividing something into parts or sharing it among several people.

2. Dichotomy: A division or contrast between two things that appear to be opposed or incompatible.

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Culture

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Divided has been used in literature and poetry to convey a sense of separation or division, such as in T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Waste Land' and William Shakespeare's play 'King Lear'. In art, the concept of division can be seen in works like Pablo Picasso's 'Guernica' and Salvador Dalí's 'The Persistence of Memory'.

How to Memorize "divided"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a cake being cut into pieces and shared among children.
   - Imagine a river flowing between two continents.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a referee blowing a whistle to divide players.
   - Connect it to the idea of sharing a pizza with friends.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'divided' as 'divide and conquer' to help memorize its definition.
   - Use the phrase 'divide by zero' to remember the homophones.

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