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Meaning of divide | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
dɪˈvaɪd

Definitions

  1. A thing that divides.
  2. An act of dividing.
  3. a measuring instrument used in geometry. delers فِرْجار تَقْسيم делител compasso odpichovátko der Stechzirkel passer διαβήτηςcompás sirkel پرگار harppi compas מְחוּגָת עוֹקָצִים परकार stavno šestilo, odmjerivač osztókörző jangka sirkill compasso 分割器 분할자 skriestuvas cirkulis pembahagi passerpasser przenośnik پر کاړ compasso compas циркуль odpichovacie kružidlo šestilo šestar passare วงเวียนสองขาสำหรับกะระยะ geometride kollanılan bölme aracı 圓規 циркуль ناپے یا تقسیم کرنے والی پرکار ، آلئہ قاسم ...
  4. A distancing between two people or things.
  5. able to be divided. 100 is divisible by 4. verdeelbaar قابِل للقِسْمَه разделим divisível dělitelný teilbar delelig διαιρετόςdivisible jaguv بخش پذیر؛ قابل تقسیم jaollinen divisible מִתחָלֵק विभाज्य djeljiv osztható bisa dibagi deilanlegur divisibile 分割できる 나누어 떨어지는 dalus dalāms boleh dibahagi deelbaardelelig podzielny دويشلووړ divisível делимый без остатка deliteľný deljiv deljiv delbar ซึ่งแบ่งแยกได้อีก; ซึ่งหารลงตัว bölünebilir 可除盡的 такий, що ділиться без остачі; подільний قابل تقسیم مادّی ...
  6. A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
  7. of a division. The soldier contacted divisional headquarters. afdelings مُتَعَلِّق بالفِرْقَه дивизионен da divisão divizní Divisions-... divisions-; delings- που ανήκει ή αναφέρεται στη μεραρχία de división, divisional diviisi-, divisjoni- تقسیمی؛ توزیعی divisioonan divisionnaire שֶל חָלוָּקה, שֶׁל דִיוִויזיָה मण्डल, विभागीय, प्रभागीय odjelni, divizijski osztály- mengenai divisi deildar-; herdeildar- divisionale 師団の 사단의 divizijos divīzijas-; daļas-; nodaļas- divisyen divisie- delings-, divis...
  8. The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
  9. dividir, repartir.
  10. To separate into parts, sections, groups, or branches: divided the students into four groups. See Synonyms at separate.
  11. To cause to separate into opposing factions; disunite: "They want not to divide either the Revolution or the Church but to be an integral part of both" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
  12. To give out or apportion among a number: Volunteers divided the different jobs among themselves. See Synonyms at distribute.
  13. Mathematics a. To subject (a number) to the process of division: divided 20 by 4.
    Mathematics
  14. To become separated into parts: The mixture will divide into several layers if left unagitated.
  15. Mathematics To perform the operation of division.
    Mathematics

Equivalents

العربية التّقسيم قسم
Azərbaycanca bölmək
Български деля
Bosanski dela
Català dividir
Čeština dělit
Dansk dividere
Ελληνικά μοιράζω
Esperanto disigi dividi divido
Eesti jagama
Euskara zatitu
Français diviser fendre fosse partager se diviser
Gaeilge deighil roinn
Galego dividir repartir
עברית חילק
हिन्दी बांटना
Hrvatski dela
Magyar feloszt őszt
Հայերեն բաժանել կիսել
Íslenska hluta
ខ្មែរ ចែក ហារ
Kurdî dalît
Latina dīvidō
Lingála kabola
Lietuvių dalinti
Latviešu dalīt
Te Reo Māori wehe
Монгол хуваах
Bahasa Melayu bahagian
Nederlands delen verdelen
Română despărți divide diviza împărți
Slovenčina deliť rozdeliť
Soomaali qaybin
Shqip pjesëtoj
Српски dela
Svenska dela dividera klyva
ไทย หาร
Tagalog hatiin maghati
Українська ділити
Tiếng Việt chia

Examples

“Stay on your side of the divide, please.”
“The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.”
“The extended instruction set may double the speed again if a lot of multiplies and divides are done.”
“There is a great divide between us.”
“Republicans and Democrats interpret individualism differently, and those divides are more pronounced than ever in our deeply polarized political climate.”
“If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first.”
“The team crossed streams and jumped across deep, narrow divides in the glacier.”
“Carrying light packs they left camp at daylight the next morning. Trails there were none; but they followed the general course of a small creek, crossed a divide, and dipped down into a beautifully timbered valley watered by a swift, large creek of almost riverlike dimensions.”

CEFR level

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