0 to (cause to) separate into parts or groups:
She divides her time between her apartment in New York and her house in the Berkshires.
This path marks the dividing line between my land and my neighbour's.
There's a narrow alley that divides our house from the one next door.
I think we should divide (up) the costs equally among/between us.
After the Second World War Germany was divided into two separate countries.
At the end of the lecture, I'd like all the students to divide into small discussion groups.
1 to cause a group of people to disagree about something:
The party is divided on/over the issue of capital punishment.
2 to calculate the number of times that one number fits (exactly) into another:
3 a difference or separation:
The divide between the rich and the poor in this country is continuing to grow.
4 to separate into parts or groups, or to cause something to separate in such a way:
5 to calculate the number of times one number is contained in another:
The expert meeting was divided over the way environmental protection should and could be developed.
Any criteria or thresholds for dividing centres into low-, medium-, and high-prevalence groups will be arbitrary.
A third analysis included the factors of patients/controls and educational level (again subjects were divided on a median split).
The remaining towns have been divided between forty-seven that were close to one of the initiating centres, and sixty-one that were remote.
Where the people cannot be easily divided, a wise ruler treads with caution.
The other half (51 wills) are divided among the remaining 24 preambles.
The house divided on whether the entire pamphlet should be read.
The rats were divided into six groups of seven animals each.
