divided
- adjective
- /dɪˈvaɪdɪd/
- And the nation had become deeply divided in matters of faith.
The Israeli society is divided among two schools.
- The Israeli society is divided among two schools.
- That, and I'm quoting here, A House divided against itself cannot stand.
- Each class will be divided into two tonight.
- It's such a divided, divided place to be.
- You can have a thought that the entire world is divided into oppressor and oppressed.
- I mean those marked off or divided by identical modes of division.
- Livy's work is divided into books called decades.
- You know, Athens is divided up into deems the hood.
- The hell it is that tuning out that divided attention is actually.
Examples
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The Israeli society is divided among two schools.
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The community felt divided over the proposed changes to the school curriculum, with many parents voicing different opinions.
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And I, and I look at it and we are so divided now.
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It's such a divided, divided place to be.
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We hear about Athenians divided into different classes.
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The debate has left the party divided, with members struggling to agree on a unified approach.
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After the incident, the team was divided, unable to work together effectively because of differing views.
Synonyms
Divided into opposing parts within a group
Not whole because it is broken into separate parts
Divided into smaller sections like boxes or rooms
Not joined or working together as a group
Split apart by force or strong disagreement
Divided into parts to keep things separate, for example a plate with compartments
Not together with other people, kept apart from them
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Idioms
Compounds
A road with a middle barrier that separates traffic going in opposite directions
How Divided
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Etymology
Divided comes from the old Latin verb dividere, meaning 'to separate', and it is the same root as division. So when people or groups are divided, they are split into different sides or not in agreement.