divide

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
2. (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
3. (transitive) To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
4. (transitive) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
5. (transitive) To be a divisor of.
6. (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
7. (intransitive) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
8. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
9. (obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.
10. (obsolete) To have a share; to partake.
11. To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
12. To mark divisions on; to graduate.
13. To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

Noun

1. A thing that divides.
2. An act of dividing.
3. A distancing between two people or things.
4. A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
5. The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

Concepts

diviser

partager

séparer

répartir

se diviser

scinder

fractionner

débiter

découper

sous-groupe

trier

fendre

gouffre

couper

détacher

distribuer

ligne de partage des eaux

division

grouper

isoler

lotir

morceler

partir

répartition

trancher

diviser en deux

émietter

en tas

fendre du bois

ramifier

repartir

s’articuler

se décoller

se détacher

se fendre

se fractionner

point tournant

vendre à la pièce

assortir

diviser en morceaux

briser

casser

classer

classifier

cliver

déchirer

délimiter

démembrer

détailler

diluer

Opposé de

combine, merge, unify, unite, multiply

Synonymes

separate

split

share

distribute

part

cut

apportion

watershed

partition

allot

split up

break

sever

allocate

crack

share out

tear

segregate

cleave

bisect

halve

fraction

sunder

classify

sort

cut off

mark off

divorce

tear asunder

break up

water parting

division

subdivide

portion out

deal

segment

group

break off

subgroup

dissect

dispense

take apart

detach

disconnect

cut up

disunite

rend

isolate

scatter

set apart

Traductions

dividere

teilen

dividir

dividir

verdelen

trennen

dividieren

aufteilen

delen

separar

separare

dividir

separar

verteilen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈvaɪd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: dividen

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan.

Phrases

Divide and conquer .

Diviser et conquérir.