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# divider

«divider» in Mova's school dictionary: **something that separates a space or things into parts: a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a divider, dividers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A divider is something that separates a space or things into parts: a room divider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divider/#m1)

2) A file divider separates sections in a folder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divider/#m2)

3) Dividers are a maths tool like compasses with two points, for measuring distances on maps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divider/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

School folders, maths tools (dividers on maps), homes and offices.

### examples

- Put a divider between maths and English notes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divider/#x1)
- A screen divider split the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divider/#x2)
- Use dividers to measure the map distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divider/#x3)
- The road had a concrete divider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divider/#x4)
- Each section had a coloured divider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divider/#x5)
- Dad put up a divider so the twins had their own space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divider/#x6)

### note

Do not confuse with divisor (the number you divide by in maths).

### Trees and pragmatics

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