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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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This word is part of lesson 25.