divided
- adjective
- /dɪˈvaɪdɪd/
- US
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dividido
- Social status itself is usually at least more recently it's been sort of divided into two kinds of pathways.
Examples
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After the meeting, the budget will be divided according to each department's needs.
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I would say it's probably about equally divided between three types.
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The left piece will be divided in three, being two of them permanent.
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I've kind of divided my talk very roughly into three parts.
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So that's the total lean tissue in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.
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The cake was divided into eight equal slices for the party.
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The team members were divided into two groups to work on different projects.
Synonyms
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2.9
Parts are given to people, often according to a plan
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4.4
Not whole because it is broken into separate parts
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3.0
Divided into parts and given to people, usually equally
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1.0
Used, held, or felt by more than one group of people
Divided and given out to people or groups according to a plan
Spread out across an area or shared among many people
Divided into parts to keep things separate, for example a plate with compartments
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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3.4
A road with a middle barrier that separates traffic going in opposite directions
How Divided
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Divided comes from the old Latin verb dividere, which means 'to split' or 'to separate'. A helpful image is cutting a cake: to divide is to give out parts, so divided means something has been split or shared into parts.