to divide

Examples

• All

• If we divide the total cost by the number of items, we can find the price per item.

• All you have to remember is first find the common denominator, and then divide.

  The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

• This is R prime, and we have to divide it by this.

• Again, you take this number, divide it by two, and square it.

• So you just take B, divide it by two and square it.

  Brian McLogan

• You probably have to divide that by two or three.

• It's easier to divide 8 million between two than three.

  Battle For America (2010)

• Any number divided by itself is one.

  Tom Bilyeu

• I'm sure they can divide four million by two.

  Transit (2012)

• So moving on, why can't we divide by zero?

Synonyms

S

to split

vsto divide

513 1.3

To break something into two or more parts

means making equal groups or finding how many fit in another

P

to partition

vsto divide

10 4.0

To divide something into parts

focuses on making equal groups and counting how many fit into another

S

to subdivide

vsto divide

8 4.2

To split something into smaller parts

focuses on equal groups rather than smaller repeated sections

Antonyms

M

to multiply

• Specialized

65 2.3

To add a number to itself many times

Phrasal Verbs

D

to divide us further

6.5

Cause people to disagree and feel less united

Compounds

G

Great Divide

2 6.8

A high mountain line that divides rivers flowing to the Pacific from those flowing to the Atlantic and Arctic oceans

C

continental divide

• Specialized

1 7.4

A line of high land on a continent that separates rivers flowing to different oceans

C

Continental Divide of the Americas

7.4

A high mountain line that separates rivers flowing to the Pacific from those flowing to the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans

Surface Forms

Etymology