Translation
to divide, split; to share
Word origin
From Latin dividere ('to separate, to distribute'). The same root gives English divide, division and individual, the last being literally 'that which cannot be divided'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dividere
- English cognates
- divide, division, individual
Examples
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We divided the bread between us.
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The river divides the city into two parts.
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He shared the money with his brother.
Two senses share the verb, and the preposition picks between them: or is splitting, is sharing. Arithmetic uses per: per .
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