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# divide

«divide» in Mova's school dictionary: **to split a number or amount into equal parts or groups…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (divide, divides, divided, dividing); noun (a divide — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To divide is to split a number or amount into equal parts or groups; it is the operation ÷. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#m1)

2) To divide is to split anything into parts: divide the class into teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#m2)

3) To divide can mean to keep two places apart: a river divides the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

the operation ÷ ; the opposite of multiplying («Dividing undoes multiplying»); «divide A by B» = A ÷ B; «shared equally», «split equally», «each gets» point to dividing; in everyday life dividing a pizza, dividing into teams; in science cells divide to make new cells

### examples

- When we share a number of things equally into groups, we divide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x1)
- Dividing undoes multiplying: 3 × 4 = 12, so 12 ÷ 3 = 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x2)
- Divide 18 sweets among 6 children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x3)
- The class of 24 is divided into 4 teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x4)
- 20 divided by 5 is 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x5)
- Dad divided the pizza into 8 slices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x6)
- A fence divides our garden from the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x7)
- Divide the page into two columns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x8)
- They divided the money into three heaps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x9)

### note

Divide when a total is shared equally or put into equal groups; check by multiplying back. Trap: the total comes first: «divide 18 by 6» is 18 ÷ 6, not 6 ÷ 18. You cannot divide by zero. Noun «division»; what is left over is the «remainder».

### In the corpora

- [Kashmir is divided between India, Pakistan and China, and India and Pakistan have fought wars over it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands/15/)
- [Wise: be proud of real achievements, check the big words, and when views divide sharply, describe instead of shouting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics/7/)
- [Supporters say it restored order, critics say it cut freedoms; views are strongly divided.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics/23/)
- [Divide the total by the number of people (or groups) to find how many each one gets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/84-sharing/1/)
- [Divide the total by the size of one group.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/85-grouping/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «divide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.