What part of speech is divide?

Divide can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. divide is a verb, present, 1st person singular of divide (infinitive).
  • 2. divide is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. divide is a noun, singular of divides.

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Verb

Noun

What does divide mean?

Definitions

Verb
divide - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
divide - perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
divide - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
divide - make a division or separation
divide - act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"

Noun
divide - a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
divide - a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
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Examples of divide

#   Sentence  
1. verb Divide the cake into three equal parts.
2. verb Can you divide 49 by seven?
3. verb The only way on Earth to multiply happiness is to divide it.
4. verb Divide the cake among you three.
5. verb How can three men divide $5? I'll give each of them only $1, and I'll keep $2.
6. verb Divide it among the three.
7. verb Take the apple and divide it into halves.
8. verb Divide its length and breadth by ten.
9. verb Divide the pizza among you three.
10. verb Divide the candies among you.
11. verb Divide these apples between you three.
12. verb Divide this line into twenty equal parts.
13. verb Divide this cake among you three.
14. verb Divide the cake between you two.
15. verb It is wrong to divide language into "living" and "dead".
16. noun Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
17. noun Let's divide this money between you and me.
18. noun Let's divide the check between us.
19. noun Tom wanted to unite, not divide.
20. noun The English Channel is the divide between Britain and Europe.
21. noun Let's divide the work equally.
22. noun How do you and your wife divide chores around the house?
23. noun When lo! – the tale I shudder to pursue – / from Tenedos in silence, side by side, / two monstrous serpents, horrible to view, / with coils enormous leaning on the tide, / shoreward, with even stretch, the tranquil sea divide.
24. noun Both of these projects are part of our efforts to bridge the digital speech divide.
25. noun It is likely there will always be demand for service work, jobs that often serve to emphasize the divide between the haves and the have-nots.
26. noun The divide over when to celebrate the holiday was so deep that half of the states adopted the new day, while the other half stuck to the traditional day.
27. noun The social divide between us is insurmountable.
28. noun The resulting ethnocultural divide has persisted and has led to turbulent politics.
29. noun First multiply, then divide, then subtract and finally add.
Sentence  
verb
Divide the cake into three equal parts.
Can you divide 49 by seven?
The only way on Earth to multiply happiness is to divide it.
Divide the cake among you three.
How can three men divide $5? I'll give each of them only $1, and I'll keep $2.
Divide it among the three.
Take the apple and divide it into halves.
Divide its length and breadth by ten.
Divide the pizza among you three.
Divide the candies among you.
Divide these apples between you three.
Divide this line into twenty equal parts.
Divide this cake among you three.
Divide the cake between you two.
It is wrong to divide language into "living" and "dead".
noun
Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
Let's divide this money between you and me.
Let's divide the check between us.
Tom wanted to unite, not divide.
The English Channel is the divide between Britain and Europe.
Let's divide the work equally.
How do you and your wife divide chores around the house?
When lo! – the tale I shudder to pursue – / from Tenedos in silence, side by side, / two monstrous serpents, horrible to view, / with coils enormous leaning on the tide, / shoreward, with even stretch, the tranquil sea divide.
Both of these projects are part of our efforts to bridge the digital speech divide.
It is likely there will always be demand for service work, jobs that often serve to emphasize the divide between the haves and the have-nots.
The divide over when to celebrate the holiday was so deep that half of the states adopted the new day, while the other half stuck to the traditional day.
The social divide between us is insurmountable.
The resulting ethnocultural divide has persisted and has led to turbulent politics.
First multiply, then divide, then subtract and finally add.
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