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Synonyms: Verb
break up, decouple, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divorce, part, ramify, resolve, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of divide in a Sentence
Verb
She divided the pie into eight pieces. The equator divides the Earth into two hemispheres. The river divides after the bridge. A tall fence divides the two yards.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Yet if Mr Sanders stayed in the race come what may, dividing the Democratic left, that could prove to be a major mistake. — The Economist, "Bernie Sanders’s permanent revolution," 13 Aug. 2019 Beeber Bifocal looks great, shimmering, amber-hued partitions of oversize tortoise frames dividing the space. — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, "What ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette?’ meant to me as a woman in architecture," 13 Aug. 2019 Like much in Washington today, Congress remains divided on the possibility of a U.S.–U.K. free-trade deal, particularly over the question of Northern Ireland. — Chris Gavin, National Review, "Can the U.S. Help the Post-Brexit U.K.?," 13 Aug. 2019 Bobby Yip/Reuters HONG KONG — Two months of boiling antigovernment protests have divided Hong Kong’s people. — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, "Cathay Pacific, Icon of Hong Kong’s Rise, Now Reflects China’s Grip," 11 Aug. 2019 As to whether a country as deeply divided as the USA could come together as one nation under a groove again, Clinton remains optimistic. — Ed Masley, azcentral, "George Clinton is on his final Parliament-Funkadelic Tour, but his music will live on," 10 Aug. 2019 Parents brought their infants to her lab 12 times for 25-minute sessions, with the group divided into two. — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, "Science says children need a village, not an app," 9 Aug. 2019 The first ended in 1948 with the region divided and a promise of a U.N.-sponsored referendum that was never held. — Washington Post, "Inside locked down Kashmir, a reporter finds fear and chaos," 14 Aug. 2019 Tenth-graders and 11th-graders take U.S. History, again divided into before and after the Industrial Revolution. — al, "More answers to your questions about education in Alabama," 14 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The long-standing debate over open access to research results has been marked by a geographic divide. — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, "In departure for NIH, Cancer Moonshot requires grantees to make papers immediately free," 14 Aug. 2019 But many of the categories that researchers studied—including hospital capacity, health insurance coverage and vehicle ownership—are tied closely to wealth, which results in a huge geographic divide in the United States.