0 present participle of divide --
1 to (cause to) separate into parts or groups: --
At the end of the lecture, I'd like all the students to divide into small discussion groups.
After the Second World War Germany was divided into two separate countries.
I think we should divide (up) the costs equally among/between us.
There's a narrow alley that divides our house from the one next door.
This path marks the dividing line between my land and my neighbour's.
She divides her time between her apartment in New York and her house in the Berkshires.
2 to cause a group of people to disagree about something: --
The party is divided on/over the issue of capital punishment.
3 to calculate the number of times that one number fits (exactly) into another: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.